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Techno-economic Analysis of Novel PV Plant Designs for Extreme Cost Reductions

Journal Article · · Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
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  1. Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States); Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (EPRI)
  2. Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States)
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A techno-economic analysis is underway examining the cost and performance of future large-scale photovoltaic (PV) plant components, including bifacial modules, tandem modules, increased plant voltage architectures, and module-level power electronics. Integration of these components into PV plant designs is compared with current PV technologies based on levelized cost of electricity (LCOE). Baseline models are developed and validated against recorded PV plant performance data. Expected cost and performance data of future PV technologies are incorporated into the baseline models. An evolutionary algorithm is utilized to optimize PV plant configuration, technology combination, and LCOE. Furthermore, this paper focuses on the bifacial module analysis.
Research Organization:
Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
Grant/Contract Number:
EE0008981
OSTI ID:
1822416
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1821822
Journal Information:
Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Journal Name: Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference Vol. 2021; ISSN 0160-8371
Publisher:
IEEECopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
System Advisor Model
bifacial modules
evolutionary algorithm
levelized cost of electricity
optimization
photovoltaic
technoeconomic analysis
utility-scale