Modeling Photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power Trough Performance, Cost, and Financing with the Solar Advisor Model: Preprint

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    Abstract

    A comprehensive solar technology systems analysis model, the Solar Advisor Model (SAM), has been developed to support the federal R&D community and the solar industry by staff at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratory. This model is able to model the finances, incentives, and performance of flat-plate photovoltaic (PV), concentrating PV, and concentratingsolar power (specifically, parabolic troughs). The primary function of the model is to allow users to investigate the impact of variations in performance, cost, and financial parameters to better understand their impact on key figures of merit. Figures of merit related to the cost and performance of these systems include, but aren't limited to, system output, system efficiencies, levelized costof energy, return on investment, and system capital and O&M costs. There are several models within SAM to model the performance of photovoltaic modules and inverters. This paper presents an overview of each PV and inverter model, introduces a new generic model, and briefly discusses the concentrating solar power (CSP) parabolic trough model. A comparison of results using the different PV andinverter models is also presented.
    Original languageAmerican English
    Number of pages10
    StatePublished - 2008
    EventSOLAR 2008 - American Solar Energy Society (ASES) - San Diego, California
    Duration: 3 May 20088 May 2008

    Conference

    ConferenceSOLAR 2008 - American Solar Energy Society (ASES)
    CitySan Diego, California
    Period3/05/088/05/08

    NREL Publication Number

    • NREL/CP-670-42922

    Keywords

    • concentrating photovoltaics (CPV)
    • concentrating solar power (CSP)
    • CSP
    • NREL
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    • photovoltaic
    • PV
    • SAM
    • Solar Advisor Model
    • solar energy

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