Advanced PV energy rating
Short Name: PV-Enerate, Project Number: 16ENG02
New energy rating metrics will provide better, fairer testing of emerging photovoltaic technologies
Currently, photovoltaic (PV) modules used to generate solar energy are sold on the basis of power produced under standard test conditions. However, these test conditions do not always reflect the real-world conditions in which PV modules will be operating. This impedes the uptake of emerging and innovative technologies, such as modules optimised for specific climates. An alternative is to value PV according to an energy rating metric that takes into account real-world factors.
This project used results from ENG55 PhotoClass to support the adoption of this metric by improving PV energy rating standards, measurement equipment and methodologies to enable precise measurements of the parameters required for the energy rating. Adopting such a metric better aligns the interests of the manufacturer and customer, provides a fairer comparison between different PV technologies, and improves the accuracy of financial models. This will accelerate time-to-market for emerging PV technologies, which have the potential to significantly reduce the cost of solar energy.
EMPIR project 19ENG01 Metro-PV builds on this work.
Measurement Science and Technology
37th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition
37th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition
Metrologia
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
https://www.eupvsec-proceedings.com/proceedings
https://www.eupvsec-proceedings.com/proceedings
Solar Energy
Applied Optics
Sensors
Solar Energy
36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition
Proceedings of EUPVSEC 2018
PVSAT proceedings
AIP Conference Proceedings 1999, 020014 (2018)
Proceedings of EUPVSEC
Proceedings of EUPVSEC 2017