import numpy as np from recommendations.Costs import Costs class SolarPvRecommendations: # Approximate area of the solar panels SOLAR_PANEL_AREA = 1.6 # Wattage per panel - this is based on the average wattage of a solar panel being between 250w and 420w SOLAR_PANEL_WATTAGE = 250 MAX_SYSTEM_WATTAGE = 6000 MIN_SYSTEM_WATTAGE = 1000 def __init__(self, property_instance): """ :param property_instance: Instance of the Property class, for the home associated to property_id """ self.property = property_instance self.costs = Costs(self.property) self.recommendation = [] @staticmethod def trim_solar_wattage_options(scenarios_with_wattage): # Initialize the list with the first element, assuming the list is not empty trimmed_list = [scenarios_with_wattage[0]] # Iterate over the list starting from the second element for scenario in scenarios_with_wattage[1:]: # Compare the second element (index 1) of the current tuple with the last tuple in the trimmed list if scenario[1] > trimmed_list[-1][1]: trimmed_list.append(scenario) return trimmed_list def recommend(self, phase): """ We check if a property is potentially suitable for solar PV based on the following criteria: - The property is a house or bungalow - The property has a flat or pitched roof - The property does not have existing solar pv :return: """ is_valid_property_type = self.property.data["property-type"] in ["House", "Bungalow"] is_valid_roof_type = ( self.property.roof["is_flat"] or self.property.roof["is_pitched"] or self.property.roof["is_roof_room"] ) # If there is no existing solar PV, the photo-supply field will be None or a missing value has_no_existing_solar_pv = self.property.data["photo-supply"] in [ None, 0, self.property.DATA_ANOMALY_MATCHES ] if not is_valid_property_type or not is_valid_roof_type or not has_no_existing_solar_pv: return # For the solar recommendations, we produce the following scenarios: # 1) Solar panels only, we present a high, medium and low coverage # 2) With and without battery roof_coverage_scenarios = [ self.property.solar_pv_percentage - 0.1, self.property.solar_pv_percentage, ] if self.property.solar_pv_percentage <= 0.4: roof_coverage_scenarios.append(self.property.solar_pv_percentage + 0.1) # We make sure we haven't gone too low or high - we allow no more than 60% coverage roof_coverage_scenarios = [v for v in roof_coverage_scenarios if 0 <= v <= 0.6] # If we only have two scenarios, we add a coverage scenario 10% less than the smallest if len(roof_coverage_scenarios) == 2: roof_coverage_scenarios.insert(0, roof_coverage_scenarios[0] - 0.1) battery_scenarios = [False, True] scenarios_with_wattage = [] for roof_coverage in roof_coverage_scenarios: # We now have a property which is potentially suitable for solar PV solar_pv_roof_area = self.property.get_solar_pv_roof_area(roof_coverage) number_solar_panels = np.floor(solar_pv_roof_area / self.SOLAR_PANEL_AREA) solar_panel_wattage = number_solar_panels * self.SOLAR_PANEL_WATTAGE if solar_panel_wattage < self.MIN_SYSTEM_WATTAGE: continue solar_panel_wattage = np.clip( a=solar_panel_wattage, a_min=self.MIN_SYSTEM_WATTAGE, a_max=self.MAX_SYSTEM_WATTAGE ) scenarios_with_wattage.append((roof_coverage, solar_panel_wattage)) # We trim the scenarios, so that we don't have duplicate wattages scenarios_with_wattage = self.trim_solar_wattage_options(scenarios_with_wattage) # Produce the cross product of the scenarios scenarios = [ (roof, wattage, battery) for roof, wattage in scenarios_with_wattage for battery in battery_scenarios ] # We deduce the wattage of the solar panels based on the roof coverage for roof_coverage, solar_panel_wattage, has_battery in scenarios: # We now have a property which is potentially suitable for solar PV roof_coverage_percent = round(roof_coverage * 100) # Given the wattage, we estimate the cost of the solar PV system. This is based on the MCS database # of solar PV installations cost_result = self.costs.solar_pv(wattage=solar_panel_wattage, has_battery=has_battery) kw = np.floor(solar_panel_wattage / 100) / 10 if has_battery: description = (f"Install a {kw} kilowatt-peak (kWp) solar photovoltaic (PV) panel system on " f"{round(roof_coverage_percent)}% the roof, with a battery storage system.") else: description = (f"Install a {kw} kilowatt-peak (kWp) solar photovoltaic (PV) p" f"anel system on {round(roof_coverage_percent)}% the roof.") self.recommendation.append( { "phase": phase, "parts": [], "type": "solar_pv", "description": description, "starting_u_value": None, "new_u_value": None, "sap_points": None, **cost_result, # This is required for simulating the SAP impact. solar_pv_percentage is between 0 & 1 so we scale # back up here "photo_supply": 100 * roof_coverage } )