Soiling and other optical losses in solar-tracking PV plants in navarra

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-217

  García, Miguel ^a   Marroyo, Luis ^a   Lorenzo, Eduardo ^b   Pérez, Miguel ^c  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Acciona Agua   (Spain)

Author keywords

angle of incidence; large grid connected PV plants; optical losses; PV tracking systems; soiling

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; ENERGY LOSS; FIELD DATA; FIELD MEASUREMENT; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LARGE GRID-CONNECTED PV PLANTS; NAVARRE; OPTICAL ENERGY LOSS; PV PLANTS; PYRANOMETERS; SOILING; TRACKING SYSTEM;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INSTALLATION; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL LOSSES; SOLAR ENERGY;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 79952128778     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1004     Document Type: Article

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