Five years operation results of different crystalline-Si PV systems and analysis of the degradation rate in the field

Author

Ueda, Yuzuru ; Konagai, Makoto ; Kurokawa, Kaneyuki ; Kudo, Motoi ; Hakuta, Kohzo ; Oozeki, Takashi

Author_Institution

Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

16-21 June 2013

Firstpage

3266

Lastpage

3269

Abstract

“HOKUTO Mega-Sola” is in operation since 2008. Seventeen different kinds of crystalline-Si based PV modules are installed in the first phase. The typical array capacity and the inverter capacity of the systems are 10kW. Overall performance is evaluated using performance ratio. Performance losses or gains of the systems are quantitatively calculated using Sophisticated Verification (SV) method. Annual performance ratios of the crystalline silicon technologies are around 82% in average. Performance ratios were higher in winter seasons and lower in summer seasons mainly due to the temperature effect. Annual degradation rate of the systems was -0.71%/year in average.

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; invertors; photovoltaic power systems; silicon; solar cell arrays; HOKUTO Mega-Sola; SV method; array capacity; crystalline silicon technology; crystalline-silicon PV systems; crystalline-silicon-based PV modules; degradation rate analysis; inverter capacity; performance loss; performance ratio; power 10 kW; sophisticated verification method; summer seasons; system gain; temperature effect; winter seasons; Arrays; Degradation; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Silicon; Temperature; degradation; outdoor performance; photovoltaic systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2013 IEEE 39th

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745148

Filename

6745148