Validation of PV performance models using satellite-based irradiance measurements : a case study.

Conference · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010

OSTI ID:1013240

Stein, Joshua S; Parkins, Andrew ^[1]; Perez, Richard ^[2]

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1. Clean Power Research
2. University at Albany

Photovoltaic (PV) system performance models are relied upon to provide accurate predictions of energy production for proposed and existing PV systems under a wide variety of environmental conditions. Ground based meteorological measurements are only available from a relatively small number of locations. In contrast, satellite-based radiation and weather data (e.g., SUNY database) are becoming increasingly available for most locations in North America, Europe, and Asia on a 10 x 10 km grid or better. This paper presents a study of how PV performance model results are affected when satellite-based weather data is used in place of ground-based measurements.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1013240
• Report Number(s): SAND2010-3048C
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
GROUND TRUTH MEASUREMENTS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PERFORMANCE
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANTS
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
RADIANT FLUX DENSITY
SATELLITES
VALIDATION