Photovoltaic module performance and degradation as compared in distinct climatic regions

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1250-1255

  Campbell, J ^a   Zemen, Y ^a,b   Richardson, B ^a   Striner, B ^a  

^a SOLON Corporation   (United States)

^b S0LON Energy ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

degradation; Global Test Site Network; performance; photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC REGIONS; DEGRADATION RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FIRST YEAR; GLOBAL MARKET; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PV SYSTEM; SYSTEM OPTIMIZATIONS; TEST MODULES; TEST SITE;

DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; OPTIMIZATION;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 84869462170     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317829     Document Type: Conference Paper

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