Bifacial PV System Performance: Separating Fact from Fiction
Conference
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OSTI ID:1532646
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sandia National Laboratories
The performance of bifacial PV systems depends greatly on the installed conditions. Previous simulations and results have shown very high bifacial gain improvement, but this may not be the case for all conditions, particularly for large-scale systems with self-shading, lower-cost PV modules (PERC) which might have lower bifaciality coefficient, and field deployments over natural ground cover. But not to worry! Financial models indicate that even with these lower performance conditions, and with bifacial gain of 4%-9%, bifacial modules can still provide improved LCOE.
- 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:
- 1532646
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/PR-5K00-74090
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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