Performance evaluation of large-scale photovoltaic systems
Over the past several years, the US Department of Energy has fielded a number of large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems as initial experiments for assessing the performance of various PV designs. The array power and power conditioning subsystem (PCS) data have been analyzed from the following six sites: Sky Harbor Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, Newman Power Station, Lovington Shopping Center, Beverly High School, and the Oklahoma Center for Science and Arts. For all these systems, the peak power was determined to be within 67% of the rated peak. The differences between the actual peak power and rated peak power has been attributed to a number of factors, includ-module failures and array degradation. The peak PCS efficiencies range from 88% to 93%.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); New Mexico Engineering Research Inst., Albuquerque (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6882115
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-84-0993C; CONF-840561-9; ON: DE84011187
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 17. IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference, Kissimmee, FL, USA, 1 May 1984; Other Information: Paper copy only, copy does not permit microfiche production
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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