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Title: Overview of Field Experience - Degradation Rates & Lifetimes

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1225346

The way a PV module fails may depend not only on its design and the materials used in its construction, but also on the weather it experiences, the way it is mounted, and the quality control during its manufacture. This presentation gives an overview of Field Experience - what degradation rates and what lifetimes are being observed in various regions.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1225346
Report Number(s):
NREL/PR-5J00-65040
Resource Relation:
Conference: Solar Power International;Anaheim;09/14/2015 - 09/15/2015
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English