Improvement and Validation of the System Advisor Model

Technical Report · Fri Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1495693· OSTI ID:1495693

Freeman, Janine M. ^[1]; DiOrio, Nicholas ^[1]; Blair, Nate ^[1]; Guittet, Darice ^[1]; Gilman, Paul ^[1]; Janzou, Steve ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

The System Advisor Model (SAM) and PVWatts tools have been key successes and core facilities of the DOE EERE suite of capabilities for the last fifteen years, and have grown into a first-class and one-of-a-kind software suite for solar energy technology systems, incorporating best-in-class models for detailed performance and techno-economic analysis. This final report describes accomplishments of this project to continue to achieve high impact for all stakeholders.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: EE0003036
• OSTI ID: 1495693
• Report Number(s): DOE-NREL-30360
• Resource Relation: Related Information: System Advisor Model Version 2017.9.5 (SAM 2017.9.5). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Golden, CO. https://sam.nrel.gov/content/downloads.System Advisor Model Version 2017.1.17 (SAM 2017.1.17). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Golden, CO. https://sam.nrel.gov/content/downloads.System Advisor Model Version 2016.3.14 (SAM 2016.3.14). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Golden, CO. https://sam.nrel.gov/content/downloads.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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