A summary of 6 years performance modeling from 100+ sites worldwide

Author

Ransome, S.J. ; Wohlgemuth, J.H.

Author_Institution

BP Solar, Sunbury-on-Thames, UK

fYear

2005

Firstpage

1611

Lastpage

1614

Abstract

Since 1998 BP Solar has been involved in long term studies (BP Solar Website) on IV swept, maximum power point tracked or grid connected modules and arrays at more than 100 sites worldwide (predominantly in the USA, Europe, Australia and Asia). Both BP Solar and competitors\´ products are being tested. Technologies studied include laser grooved buried contact "LGBC" (Saturn); screen printed mono and multicrystalline silicon; HIT; single, double and triple junction amorphous Si and CdTe. Different types of monitoring sites include independent test houses, third-party collaborations, BP Solar factories, downloads from the Internet and petrol station roofs. This paper describes the main findings from these tests.

Keywords

solar cell arrays; solar radiation; testing; BP Solar; grid connected modules; independent test houses; junction amorphous; laser grooved buried contact; maximum power point tracked; multicrystalline silicon; screen printed mono; third-party collaborations; Amorphous materials; Asia; Australia; Europe; MONOS devices; Monitoring; Saturn; Semiconductor laser arrays; Silicon; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2005. Conference Record of the Thirty-first IEEE

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8707-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488453

Filename

1488453