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05 Sep 2023 18:59 #12484 by Mishell.Osorio

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Can I simulate snow losses for an utility scaled solar project in Canada? I was reading the 2017 paper and it says that "To date, however, only the sliding coefficient for roof-mounted systems has been incorporated into SAM because it was determined from a larger sample size in Marion’s analysis and therefore better validated."

Thanks!

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pgilman

06 Sep 2023 23:11 #12487 by pgilman

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Hi Mishell,

If you have weather data with snow depth data in cm, you could use SAM's snow loss model for a utility-scale project, and look at the results to see how well the model works for your application.

Best regards,
Paul.

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