1.0764 MWp Industrial Rooftop Solar PV Feasibility & Performance Assessment – Tangier, Morocco
System: 1,076.4 kWp grid-connected rooftop PV
Assessment Horizon: 20 years
Location: Tangier, Morocco
Sector: Industrial Manufacturing | Renewable Energy
Project Background

GSC prepared a detailed rooftop photovoltaic feasibility and performance assessment for a large industrial facility in Morocco on behalf of a private industrial client. The assignment used PV*SOL 3D modelling and a 20-year lifecycle perspective to assess technical integration, energy yield and investment performance.

Project Objectives
  • Maximise technically usable rooftop solar generation.
  • Optimise module layout, shading performance and inverter configuration.
  • Assess self-consumption and surplus-export behaviour.
  • Quantify long-term energy and financial performance.
  • Provide a technically credible investment basis for industrial renewable-energy integration.
Engineering / Delivery Challenges
  • Maximise usable rooftop generation while managing shading and layout constraints
  • Integrate the PV system safely with the existing electrical network
  • Optimise inverter configuration and minimise system losses
  • Provide a credible long-term technical and financial basis for investment
GSC Engineering Approach & Methodology

GSC used PV*SOL Premium 3D simulation to model a configuration of 4,140 PV modules and 45 SMA Sunny Tripower inverters. The assessment covered grid-connected architecture with self-consumption and surplus-export analysis, supported by lifecycle performance and economic modelling, and considered compatibility with future battery-storage integration.

Detailed Scope of Services
  • PV*SOL Premium 3D simulation
  • Configuration of 4,140 PV modules and 45 SMA Sunny Tripower inverters
  • Grid-connected architecture with self-consumption and surplus-export assessment
  • Lifecycle performance and economic modelling
  • Future battery-storage compatibility assessment
Engineering Highlights & Value Delivered
  • Total PV capacity: 1,076.4 kWp.
  • 4,140 high-efficiency PV modules.
  • 45 SMA Sunny Tripower inverter units in the assessed configuration.
  • Modelled annual energy production: 1,885,800 kWh.
  • Self-consumption ratio: 90.5%.
  • Performance Ratio: 81.9%.
  • Specific yield: 1,751.95 kWh/kWp/year.
  • Modelled annual CO₂ reduction: more than 1.13 million kg.
  • Indicative payback: approximately 8.2 years, with positive 20-year cashflow in the assessment.
Technologies, Methods & Standards
  • PV*SOL Premium 3D
  • Grid-connected solar PV
  • SMA Sunny Tripower inverters
  • Energy-yield analysis
  • Lifecycle economics
  • Industrial self-consumption
Sustainability / Business Impact

The case demonstrates GSC's approach of connecting engineering decisions with reliability, lifecycle value, operational performance and sustainability. Where quantified results are shown above, they are retained from the underlying project material and should not be altered by the website developer.

Lessons & Transferable Value

For industrial rooftop PV, system value is driven by the interaction between physical roof constraints, electrical integration and the facility's load profile. A high-quality feasibility study therefore needs 3D modelling, loss analysis, self-consumption assessment and lifecycle economics—not capacity sizing alone.

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