PVsyst most recent versions admit data importing in Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) time reference. After clicking on “Import”, PVsyst will create one hourly meteo file (.MET) for one-year period, which can be used when simulating designed systems. Select the Solargis csv file and fill the site and country information required.Select external data source "Solargis (Worldwide)" hourly option (green color in drop-down box).In the "Import meteo data" section, click on "Known format". Go through "Databases" to access the Meteo database.Importing Solargis weather info contained in csv hourly files when working with PVsyst takes only few seconds (tested in version 7.1): Other option is using a Time series file, from which several separated one year periods for specific years can be created in PVsyst weather database. One option is using a Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) file, which summarizes weather conditions in one single year of hourly data. PVsyst users can proceed in two complementary ways when importing Solargis hourly data.
PVsyst simulation engine runs the simulation taking into account global horizontal irradiation, diffuse horizontal irradiation and temperature (and wind speed if available).
PVSYST 6 SOFTWARE
In PVsyst software the process of importing Solargis values of irradiation and temperature is very easy and straight forward.