Dear Sirs,
I would like to exploit SAM functionalities in order to link land cost to GCR: if I know land cost -$/acres- what is the best GCR in order to minimize CAPEX and/or maximize energy yield -thus to minimize LCOE-?.
In System Design section, if I change GCR value, the total estimated land area (blue cell = calculated cell) will not update: it seems the implemented formula is Total estimated land area =Total module area estimate. But in Help I find: Total Land Area (acres) = Total Module Area (m2) ÷ GCR × 0.0002471 acre/m2. I definitely agree with Help, not with software. The only way I can calculate properly Total estimated land area is to force the software by putting Array land area multiplier = 1 / GCR. Am I missing something?
For this reason, when I launch parametric simulations in order to evaluate LCOE (output) by varying GCR (input) I am not sure I will get coherent results (because land cost will not update since total land area will not update). Hopefully I would like to get land cost as output by varying GCR but land cost is not available among implemented outputs.
Thank you
Best regards and happy new year from Italy
Claudio Pesenti