There is a phenomenon called "wake effect" in wind power plants due to which wind turbines produce different power although they are identical. Is there any such phenomenon in case of solar parks whereby the identical pv array/ inverter combinations produce different power (partial shading could be one)?
Sir, thanks for answer. Assuming an ideal sunshine day and not considering partial shading, do all the pv modules that are distributed all over solar park receive same irradiance ?. In wind farms the wind velocity is maximum for upstream wind turbines, and this velocity goes on decreasing downstream. Does any similar effect occur with solar irradiance in solar park (other than shading effect)
In my experience I am unaware of any "wake effect" in PV plants. Assuming PV panels are not shading one another, the amount of insolation received should not be impacted by the panels themselves. The sun, being so remote and immutable, is not impacted whatsoever by our terrestiral systems.
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