Energy rating estimation of PV module technologies for different climatic conditions

•Estimation of energy rating of PV module.•Methodology for estimating energy rating based on angle of incidence, spectrum, irradiance, temperature and degradation rate.•Estimation of most frequent conditions in terms of occurrence probability for different PV technologies.•Comparison of energy ratin...

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Published in:Solar energy 2018-11, Vol.174 (C), p.901-911
Main Authors: Bora, Birinchi, Kumar, Rajesh, Sastry, O.S., Prasad, Basudev, Mondal, Som, Tripathi, A.K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amorphous silicon
Climate
Climatic conditions
Datasets
Degradation
Design standards
Energy
Energy efficiency
Energy rating
IEC 61853
Incidence angle
Irradiance
Photovoltaic cells
Ratings & rankings
Silicon
Solar energy
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Summary:•Estimation of energy rating of PV module.•Methodology for estimating energy rating based on angle of incidence, spectrum, irradiance, temperature and degradation rate.•Estimation of most frequent conditions in terms of occurrence probability for different PV technologies.•Comparison of energy rating for three PV technologies under different climatic conditions. Energy rating of PV module as per the site-specific climatic condition is essential for customer’s point of view to choose suitable PV technologies. For site and technology-specific energy rating of PV module, it is essential to design standard datasets for it. In this paper, energy ratings of three different technologies with the data sets based on the angle of incidence, spectrum, irradiance, wind and temperature using existing formulae has been reported. The performance surfaces of PV technologies are designed based on the IEC 61853-1 & 2, and IEC 60891. A procedure is reported to including the degradation rate in the energy rating method. Comparisons of energy rating of amorphous silicon, HIT and multi-crystalline silicon using the existing method considering the degradation rate are done with the measured data. It has been observed that all the three technologies at Cold & sunny zone shows the highest energy rating. A procedure, to find out the most frequent conditions in terms of occurrence probability for different PV technologies is also reported.
ISSN:0038-092X
1471-1257
DOI:10.1016/j.solener.2018.09.069