TY - GEN
T1 - Field performance measurements of new and traditional PV technologies
AU - Lonij, Vincent P.A.
AU - Brooks, Adria E.
AU - Greenberg, James
AU - Orsburn, Sean
AU - Cronin, Alexander D.
AU - Torres, Gabe
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - At the Tucson Electric Power (TEP) Solar Test Yard, over 20 different grid-connected PV systems are being tested. The systems include flat-plate PV like Sunpower, Sharp, Unisolar, Sanyo, Shell, Evergreen, and Petra Solar. Performance of several of these systems has been recorded since 2003. Since then, concentrating PV modules have been also deployed at the TEP test yard, including systems from Solyndra, Prism Solar Technologies Inc., Skyline Inc., Semprius Inc, and Green Volts Inc. We discuss recent upgrades to the TEP Solar Test Yard and how these upgrades have improved our measurements. We present preliminary measurements of final yields, performance ratios, temperature de-ratings and degradation rates for the period 2009-2011. Measured final yields are compared to predictions from PVwatts and PVsyst.
AB - At the Tucson Electric Power (TEP) Solar Test Yard, over 20 different grid-connected PV systems are being tested. The systems include flat-plate PV like Sunpower, Sharp, Unisolar, Sanyo, Shell, Evergreen, and Petra Solar. Performance of several of these systems has been recorded since 2003. Since then, concentrating PV modules have been also deployed at the TEP test yard, including systems from Solyndra, Prism Solar Technologies Inc., Skyline Inc., Semprius Inc, and Green Volts Inc. We discuss recent upgrades to the TEP Solar Test Yard and how these upgrades have improved our measurements. We present preliminary measurements of final yields, performance ratios, temperature de-ratings and degradation rates for the period 2009-2011. Measured final yields are compared to predictions from PVwatts and PVsyst.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84871552007
SN - 9781622760923
T3 - World Renewable Energy Forum, WREF 2012, Including World Renewable Energy Congress XII and Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES) Annual Conferen
SP - 342
EP - 348
BT - World Renewable Energy Forum, WREF 2012, Including World Renewable Energy Congress XII and Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES) Annual Conference
T2 - World Renewable Energy Forum, WREF 2012, Including World Renewable Energy Congress XII and Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES) Annual Conference
Y2 - 13 May 2012 through 17 May 2012
ER -