Predicting Future Soiling Losses Using Environmental Data: Preprint
Conference
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OSTI ID:1476976
Soiling consists of the accumulation of dust and dirt on the surfaces of photovoltaic (PV) modules and causes a reduction in the energy conversion. Investors generally consider an average yearly soiling loss to estimate the energy yield and the economic revenue of a site for a new PV installation. If soiling could be estimated from wide available parameters, describing the pollution and the rainfall pattern at a site, more accurate losses could be predicted, reducing the uncertainty in the estimation of the energy yield and therefore the finance rates offered for new PV systems. The present work investigates the correlations between present environmental parameters and future soiling losses.
- 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:
- 1476976
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5K00-71127
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at the 35th European PV Solar Energy Conference & Exhibition (EU PVSEC), 23-28 September 2018, Brussels, Belgium
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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