ABSTRACT
The performance of the PV systems mainly depends on the environmental conditions such as temperature (ambient) and irradiance of the sun (solar), also called as mission profile. Environmental conditions vary from location to location and country to country. The most critical component in the PV system is PV inverter and it is the least reliable (lifetime) component in the entire PV generation system. Hence it is needed to anticipate PV inverter lifetime for different geographical locations. This paper lists the top ten countries for PV markets, then logs the mission profile for all the top ten countries and calculates the PV inverter lifetime at all the locations. Finally, this paper showcases the impact of geographical location on PV inverter lifetime and lists the top country for the PV inverter lifetime.
