• DocumentCode
    1100152
  • Title

    Photovoltaic operation and maintenance evaluation

  • Author

    Conover, Karen

  • Author_Institution
    R. Lynette & Associates, Redmond, WA, USA
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    6/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    279
  • Lastpage
    283
  • Abstract
    An Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) sponsored evaluation of the operation and maintenance (O&M) experience at seven selected photovoltaic installations in the United States is presented. The presentation of the actual O&M costs experienced by the seven sites, documentation of the largest problem areas, identification of failure causes, and projections of O&M costs for future installations are included
  • Keywords
    maintenance engineering; photovoltaic power systems; EPRI; Electric Power Research Institute; United States; failure causes; maintenance evaluation; photovoltaic installations; Costs; Documentation; Fabrication; Large-scale systems; Manufacturing; Photovoltaic systems; Power systems; Solar power generation; Sun; Tracking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8969
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/60.107222
  • Filename
    107222