Quality control and performance monitoring in the 1 MW PV project in Amersfoort, the Netherlands

The Nieuwland 1 MW PV project, consisting of more than 500 building integrated PV-installations, is nearing completion. All houses and all PV-installations have been built. A quality control program that covered all phases of the project was implemented. Commissioning in some areas has been postponed due to issues related to roof integration and grid interconnection. In other areas, a performance guarantee test-period has started. It is the first time that a performance guarantee, which is expected to play an important role in the further introduction of PV systems in the Netherlands, has been applied. The monitoring system is scheduled to be fully operational this fall, including a solar viewer allowing inhabitants to keep track of PV-performance as well as their own electricity consumption