Photovoltaic system in telecommunications building using AC modules

Author

Setaka, Tatsuyuki ; Matsushima, Toshio ; Muroyama, Seiichi

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1723

Lastpage

1725

Abstract

From the view point of conserving the environment, NTT group is promoting the introduction of photovoltaic (PV) systems. The PV systems introduced in a telecommunications building in Yokohama, Japan in April 1999, consists not only of normal PV modules, but also AC modules, the vertically mounted-type PV modules, and the transparent-type PV modules. In particular, shadows were expected on the PV arrays from a nearby exhaust stack, so we introduced AC modules in the shadow region to increase the generated power of PV modules. This paper describes the configuration of the PV systems and simulation of the increased power obtained by using AC modules

Keywords

environmental factors; photovoltaic power systems; solar cell arrays; AC modules; Japan; NTT group; PV systems; Yokohama; environmental conservation; exhaust stack; photovoltaic system; shadow region; shadows; telecommunications building; transparent-type PV modules; vertically mounted-type PV modules; AC generators; Energy consumption; Floors; Inverters; Multimedia communication; Photovoltaic systems; Poles and towers; Power generation; Solar power generation; Sun;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2000. Conference Record of the Twenty-Eighth IEEE

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5772-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2000.916236

Filename

916236