Using Meteorological Data to Evaluate Worldwide PV Degradation Rates

Conference · Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2020

OSTI ID:1606134

Kempe, Michael D ^[1]; Holsapple, Derek ^[1]; Miller, David C ^[1]

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

Here we automate the process to enable the creation of world maps for specific PV durability metrics. The end goal is to create a tool for the creation of world maps predicting the sensitivity of modules to degradation to inform the development and utilization of module testing standards and to provide information to module designers. TMY (Typical Meteorological Year) Data was aggregated from sites around the world to render insight into factors contributing to the degradation of solar modules. The focus of aggregating data was to create a single dataset to work with utilizing Solar Irradiance values combined with Ambient Temperature, Relative Humidity, Wind Speed and Dew-Point Temperature.

• 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: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1606134
• Report Number(s): NREL/PO-5K00-76183
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at the Photovoltaic Reliability Workshop, 25-27 February 2020, Lakewood, Colorado
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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