Advancing the Adoption of Net Metering: An Economic Assessment of Grid-Tied Solar Photovoltaic Systems in Urban Homes in Ghana

Table 1

Simulation parameters employed for specific yield estimation using PVGIS®.

Parameter	Value	Remarks/reference
Solar radiation database	PVGIS SARAH2	Readily available in the PVGIS database
PV technology	Crystalline silicon	Crystalline silicon PV technology is common in Ghana
System losses	14%	Authors’ assumptions based on typical values considered in related studies [67, 68]
Slope angle	12°	Typical optimal tilt angle due to the study locations [67, 69]
Azimuth angle	180° south	Typical value considered for study location [4, 67]