DocumentCode :
3218206
Title :
Commercialization of a value-engineered photovoltaic tracking system
Author :
Shugar, D.S. ; Hickman, Thomas ; Eckert, Pete ; Lepley, Tom
Author_Institution :
PowerLight Corp., Berkeley, CA, USA
fYear :
1996
fDate :
13-17 May 1996
Firstpage :
1537
Lastpage :
1540
Abstract :
Our paper summarizes research and development results to design and commercialize a value-engineered photovoltaic (PV) array tracking system. The PV system, called PolarTrackerTM, was empirically demonstrated at the Solar Test and Research Facility (STAR) of Arizona Public Service Company (APS) by PowerLight corporation and New World Power. Performance data is presented. Value-engineering the PolarTracker TM has accelerated the cost-effective implementation of PV in targeted grid-support applications, through reduction in production energy cost and increase in on-peak availability
Keywords :
economics; solar cell arrays; solar cells; value engineering; Arizona Public Service Company; New World Power; PV array tracking system; PolarTracker; PowerLight corporation; Solar Test and Research Facility; development; on-peak availability; production energy cost reduction; research; targeted grid-support applications; value-engineered photovoltaic tracking system; Availability; Commercialization; Control systems; Costs; Photovoltaic systems; Production; Research and development; Solar power generation; Steel; Wind speed;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1996., Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
ISSN :
0160-8371
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3166-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.1996.564430
Filename :
564430
Link To Document :
https://search.ricest.ac.ir/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3218206
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