Improved Instrumentation for Solar Resource Measurements and Forecasting: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-09-349
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Under this Agreement, NREL will work with Participant to improve the instrumentation and measurement systems available for measuring and monitoring solar radiation elements needed by the electric utilities and solar power system integrators to adequately characterize the spatial and temporal variations of the renewable energy resources. This work includes, but is not limited to, research and development for making cost effective radiometers, solar trackers, and related instrumentation for solar resource measurements and forecasting. Cooperative R&D is proposed in three areas: Improved radiometric systems for cost effective irradiance measurements (direct normal, global, diffuse and plane-of-array); evaluation of innovative disruptive technology approaches for deriving the constituent solar energy components utilizing new fast-response thermopile measurement technologies, coupled with innovative shading geometry and tracker motion control; and low-cost solutions for sky imaging needed for resource forecasting. This work will be conducted at NREL and Participant facilities.
- Research Organization:
- 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:
- 1460283
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP--5D00-71837
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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