Title :
Comparison of the performance of residential photovoltaic power systems in new home construction
Author :
Palomino, G.E. ; Stephenson, R.L. ; Lepley, T.
Author_Institution :
Salt River Project, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Salt River Project (SRP) in collaboration with a local homebuilder, C. Curtis Construction, dba Calex Homes, initiated a project to characterize the performance of photovoltaic systems in new home construction. Five PV power systems, each from a different manufacturer, ranging in size from 0.7 to 1.4 kW AC, were installed in a roof-mounted, grid-connected configuration on single-family model homes in the homebuilder´s development in Queen Creek, Arizona. This paper provides an overview of the performance and operation of these systems for the period of November 2001 through March 2002.
Keywords :
building integrated photovoltaics; 0.7 to 1.4 kW; Arizona; Calex Homes; PV system performance; Queen Creek; Salt River Project; new home construction; power rating; residential photovoltaic power systems; roof-mounted grid-connected configuration; single-family model homes; Collaboration; Data acquisition; Inverters; Manufacturing industries; Photovoltaic systems; Power system modeling; Power systems; Rivers; Solar system; Virtual manufacturing;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2002. Conference Record of the Twenty-Ninth IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7471-1
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2002.1190942
