Photovoltaic Performance Measurements in Europe: PV-Catapult Round Robin Tests

Author

Betts, T.R. ; Zdanowicz, T. ; Prorok, M. ; Kolodenny, W. ; de Moor, H. ; Borg, N. V d ; Stellbogen, D. ; Hohl-Ebinger, J. ; Warta, W. ; Friesen, G. ; Chianese, D. ; De Montgareuil, A. Guerin ; Herrmann, W. ; Berrade, J. Diaz ; Moracho, J. ; Cueli, A.B. ;

Author_Institution

Centre for Renewable Energy Syst. Technol., Loughborough Univ.

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

2238

Lastpage

2241

Abstract

Two sets of modules have been sent around to different testing installations across Europe, one set to laboratories performing indoor calibrations and one set to laboratories performing outdoor power and energy ratings. The results show that for crystalline and poly-crystalline devices, a very good agreement between laboratories has been achieved. A lower agreement between laboratories has been achieved for thin film devices and further need for research is identified

Keywords

calibration; installation; photovoltaic power systems; power system measurement; Europe; PV-Catapult Round Robin tests; energy ratings; indoor calibrations; installations testing; outdoor power; photovoltaic performance measurements; poly-crystalline devices; thin film devices; Calibration; Crystallization; Europe; Laboratories; Measurement; Performance evaluation; Photovoltaic systems; Round robin; Solar power generation; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279955

Filename

4060121