Performance and reliability of the solar progress photovoltaic plant
- Florida Solar Energy Center, Cape Canaveral, FL (USA)
This annual report provides the comprehensive description and results of the performance monitoring and diagnostic activities conducted on the Solar Progress Photovoltaic System during the 16-month September 1988 to December 1989. Solar Progress is a nominal 15 kWp grid-connected photovoltaic system. The photovoltaic array utilizes thin-film amorphous silicon modules. The system was installed in August 1988 at one of Florida Power Corporation's substations near Orlando, Florida. The Solar Progress System is owned and operated by the Florida Power Corporation (FPC). The system's performance has been monitored and periodic diagnostic tests to evaluate subsystem reliability have been conducted by the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC). During the 16-month period, the power output of the photovoltaic array degraded by 24 percent and the array peak power efficiency was 4.1 percent as of December 1989, Relatively high leakage currents of the photovoltaic array have been detected. A significant corrosion on some of the photovoltaic modules has also been observed. 6 refs., 20 figs., 7 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Florida Solar Energy Center, Cape Canaveral, FL (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- EPRI
- OSTI ID:
- 6300894
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-GS-7113
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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