Understanding Bifacial Photovoltaic's Potential

Chris Deline, Silvana Pelaez, Bill Marion, Bill Sekulic, Josh Stein

Research output: NRELPresentation

Abstract

The performance of bifacial PV systems depends greatly on the installed conditions. Previous simulations and results have shown very high bifacial gain improvement, but this may not be the case for all conditions, particularly for large-scale systems with self-shading, lower-cost PV modules (PERC) which might have lower bifaciality coefficient, and field deployments over natural ground cover. But not to worry! Financial models indicate that even with these lower performance conditions, and with bifacial gain of 4%-7%, bifacial modules can still provide improved LCOE.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages40
StatePublished - 2020

Publication series

NamePresented at the NREL Materials & Chemical Science & Technology (MCST) Directorate Seminar, 16 April 2020

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PR-5K00-76777

Keywords

  • bifacial
  • deployments
  • PV modules
  • self-shading

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