PV System 'Availability' as a Reliability Metric --  Improving Standards, Contract Language and Performance Models

H. Walker; Janine Keith; Geoffrey Klise; Roger Hill; Aron Dobos

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749918

PV System 'Availability' as a Reliability Metric -- Improving Standards, Contract Language and Performance Models

H. Walker, Janine Keith, Geoffrey Klise, Roger Hill, Aron Dobos

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Abstract

The use of the term 'availability' to describe a photovoltaic (PV) system and power plant has been fraught with confusion for many years. A term that is meant to describe equipment operational status is often omitted, misapplied or inaccurately combined with PV performance metrics due to attempts to measure performance and reliability through the lens of traditional power plant language. This paper discusses three areas where current research in standards, contract language and performance modeling is improving the way availability is used with regards to photovoltaic systems and power plants.

Original language	American English
Pages	1719-1723
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749918 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749918
State	Published - 18 Nov 2016
Event	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 - Portland, United States Duration: 5 Jun 2016 → 10 Jun 2016

Conference

Conference	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	5/06/16 → 10/06/16

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-7A40-67949

Keywords

contracts
inverters
measurement
power generation
production
reliability
standards

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Walker, H., Keith, J., Klise, G., Hill, R., & Dobos, A. (2016). PV System 'Availability' as a Reliability Metric -- Improving Standards, Contract Language and Performance Models. 1719-1723. Paper presented at 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016, Portland, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749918, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749918

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