Abstract: “Due to global energy crisis and environmental reasons, the importance of renewable energy and its popularity are increasing day by day. Amongst the all renewable energy resources, solar photovoltaic (PV) plants are extensively adopted in many countries for power generation. The paper presents the annual performance prediction of a 1.2 kWp PV power plant along with some monitored results from such existent power plant”

Keywords: PV power plant, load profile, solar radiation, PV power production