Photovoltaic performance and reliability workshop
- ed.
This conference proceedings is the compilation of papers presented at the eighth PV Performance Reliability Workshop held on September 7--8, 1995. Twenty-two of the twenty six presentations which were submitted in a timely manner are included. This Workshop is one of the technology transfer mechanism employed by the PV Performance and Engineering Project in exchanging technical information in the field of PV component and system reliability. At this time, 10 to 20 year warranty on many of the commercial modules are being provided by PV module manufacturers routinely. Several years of warranty is also being provided by inverter manufacturers. This is very encouraging but there are at present no general warranties on system performance or system reliability which is what I believe will be necessary in the future. As you will read in several of the presentations, many of the attributes that assist in defining PV performance and reliability are still evolving. And specifically, the data base on thin film PV technologies performance and reliability is still very much under development. I believe a forum like this is an appropriate setting to exchange technical information in an open format. Towards that end, we were able to persuade many of the major players in the PV performance and reliability field to speak at this conference. These proceedings provide a good description of what these experts believe the major issues in this area are from their perspective.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-83CH10093
- OSTI ID:
- 150778
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-411-20379; CONF-9509187-; ON: DE96000468
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Workshop on photovoltaic performance and reliability, Golden, CO (United States), 7-8 Sep 1995; Other Information: DN: Includes vugraphs; PBD: Nov 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Towards breaking the silence between the two cultures: Engineering and the other humanities
Intellectual Freedom and the National Laboratories : 2000 Sigma Xi Forum New Ethical Challenges in Science and Technology, November 9-10, 2000, Albuquerque, New Mexico"