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PV Reliability -- Where We've Been and Where We're Going

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1354840
The photovoltaic (PV) industry has demonstrated impressive progress toward deploying hardware with excellent quality. As module prices drop and designs are squeezed to reduce cost of materials and processing, how will this affect the failures that are seen in the field?
Research Organization:
NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States))
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308;
OSTI ID:
1354840
Report Number(s):
NREL/PR-5F00-68418
Conference Information:
Presented at SNEC (2017) International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference & Exhibition, 19-21 April 2017, Shanghai, China
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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