Comparison of Module Performance Characterization Methods for Energy Production

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Comparison of Module Performance Characterization Methods for Energy Production

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Abstract

This report compares the two methods of determining the performance of PV modules. The methods translate module performance characterized in a laboratory to actual or reference conditions using slightly different approaches. The accuracy of both methods is compared for both hourly and daily energy production over a year of data recorded at NREL in Golden, CO. The comparison of the two methodswill be presented for five different PV module technologies: multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si), dual-junction amorphous silicon (a-Si/a-Si:Ge), triple-junction amorphous silicon (a-Si/a-Si/a-Si:Ge), cadmium telluride (CdTe), and copper indium diselenide (CIGSS).

Original language	American English
Number of pages	62
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/772437
State	Published - 2000

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