photovoltaic testing Articles
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Exploring Bifacial 2MIL for LCOE Optimization
Setting the Record Straight on Bifacial Modules and Trackers Recently, bifacial solar modules have been gaining popularity, especially with the recent announcement that they are exempt from US tariffs. So we are taking this opportunity to set the record straight regarding our history and future with bifacial module solutions. Array has a long-established history of mounting panels in a wide ...
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Verify Fault Ride-Through (FRT) Capabilities in Equipment and PV Systems
Fault Ride-Through (FRT) To ensure critical equipment continues to be up and running despite power quality problems such as voltage dips, companies must make sure that adequate fault ride-through capability is included when the equipment is purchased. Customers then use the fault right-through or FRT capability curves that manufacturers provide so that they can properly and regularly evaluate ...
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Solar PV Testing
Introduction The time is now for clean, renewable energy technologies. Favorable government tax credits, a decreased dependency upon oil, and the need to stimulate the economy are just three of the planets that have aligned, favoring the expansion of technologies that harness the sun’s energy. Manufacturers of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) modules and panels strive to improve product effi ciency, ...
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UAE’s MISP center accelerates pre-commercial tech development
Almost three years after launching the Middle East’s first CSP plant, Masdar joined with Masdar Institute to launch late last year the region’s first CSP research and demonstration centre. Masdar Institute Solar Platform (MISP) builds around a set of unique facilities including a 100kW beam-down concentrating tower and its solar field, a hot-oil loop and thermal energy system (TES), ...
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Solar Cell Efficiency Measurements
Summary The calibration and efficiency measurement procedures followed by the PV Devices and Measurements Branch at the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) are presented. The use of spectral irradiance measurements to cali- brate reference cells used in these measurements has reduced the uncertainty in the calibration number to less than 1%. The use of the spectral mismatch index can reduce ...
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