Albedo Measurement of the Terra Pave White Albedo Product: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-20-16729

The Terra Pave team is creating an eco-friendly, cost-effective road coating that controls dust and dirt on high-traffic roads near solar field installations to reduce the dirt cover on panels, which lowers energy output. The Terra Pave White Albedo product also has the capability to increase the amount of solar radiation reflected from the ground to the backside of bifacial PV modules, thereby increasing the amount of electricity generated. This work will quantify the amount of solar radiation reflected from the Terra Pave White albedo product by measuring its albedo, which is the ratio of the reflected radiation to the incoming radiation. Albedo is measured with two horizontal pyranometers with one ground-facing and the other sky-facing.