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Title: Residential solar photovoltaic systems: Final report for the Northeast Residential Experiment Station

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10168991· OSTI ID:10168991

This report covers research and development work conducted by the MIT Energy Lab. from July 1982 through June 1986. This Energy Lab. work in the field of solar photovoltaic systems followed six years of similar work at the MIT Lincoln Lab. under the same contract with the US DOE. The final report from the Lincoln Lab. period was published by Lincoln Lab. in 1983. During the period of Energy Lab. involvement, the project focused on the refinement of residential scale, roof-mounted photovoltaic systems for application in the northeastern US. Concurrent with the conclusion of MIT`s involvement, the New England Electric Co. is building a major field test of residential photovoltaics in Gardner, Massachusetts to determine experimentally the effects of photovoltaics on electric power company operations. Using systems designs and technology developed at MIT, the long-term performance of these thirty residential systems in Gardner will provide a measure of our success.

Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76ET20279
OSTI ID:
10168991
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/20279-T16; ON: DE94015478; TRN: 94:007500
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jun 1986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English