Evaluation of PV Module Field Performance

John Wohlgemuth; Timothy Silverman; David C. Miller; Peter McNutt; Michael Kempe; Michael Deceglie

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356132

Evaluation of PV Module Field Performance

John Wohlgemuth, Timothy Silverman, David C. Miller, Peter McNutt, Michael Kempe, Michael Deceglie

Materials Science

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

This paper describes an effort to inspect and evaluate PV modules in order to determine what failure or degradation modes are occurring in field installations. This paper will report on the results of six site visits, including the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Hedge Array, Tucson Electric Power (TEP) Springerville, Central Florida Utility, Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), the TEP Solar Test Yard, and University of Toledo installations. The effort here makes use of a recently developed field inspection data collection protocol, and the results were input into a corresponding database. The results of this work have also been used to develop a draft of the IEC standard for climate and application specific accelerated stress testing beyond module qualification.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356132 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356132
State	Published - 14 Dec 2015
Event	42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015 - New Orleans, United States Duration: 14 Jun 2015 → 19 Jun 2015

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Conference	42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Orleans
Period	14/06/15 → 19/06/15

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NREL/CP-5J00-64655

Keywords

durability
PV module field inspections
reliability

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