Photovoltaic radiometric measurements workshop introduction and overview
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory supports the U.S. Department of Energy`s photovoltaic (PV) program through research in basic and engineering sciences related to improving the performance and commercial viability of PV energy conversion as an alternative energy source. Since 1975, much progress and technological evolution has taken place, chronicled in part by periodic scientific and engineering conferences, program reviews, and workshops involving manufacturers, universities, and private and government research laboratories. The growth of the PV program resulted in more specialized and topical workshops sponsored in part by the NREL Photovoltaic Module and Systems Performance and Engineering Project to address specific program issues. Solar and optical radiometric measurements and data are crucial in quantifying PV research progress, available solar resources, and predicted and installed PV array performance. This workshop is an effort to focus on the state-of-the-art, needs, future research directions, and NREL action items for radiometric instrumentation, data, and research to maintain the momentum of progress toward the fundamental understanding of, improvement in, and sustainability of PV technology as an alternative energy source.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 134976
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP--411-20008; CONF-9507183--; ON: DE95009297
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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