This article presents the lessons learned from the design and operation of a 300 kWp PV system installed, during spring and summer 2015, on the roof of a new logistic building located in western France. As this building is equipped with refrigerating units, thus with a high power consumption during hot and sunny days, it has been decided to consume the energy produced on-site without any regulated feed-in tariff but with a B-to-B contract, a first of its kind in France. In order to not inject power into the local MV distribution grid, the active power management feature of PV inverters has been implemented, also a first of its kind in France. This paper gives a summary of the detailed on-going monitoring campaign that aims to check if the actual power consumption of the site matches the consumption forecast and if the active power management feature of PV inverters has a significant impact on the total energy generation of this PV system.

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