Direct monitoring of energy lost due to soiling on first solar modules in California

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 336-340

  Caron, J Riley ^a   Littmann, Bodo ^a  

^a FIRST SOLAR   (United States)

Author keywords

CdTe; dust; photovoltaic performance; soiling; solar energy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTOMATED TECHNIQUES; CALIFORNIA; CDTE; COMPLEX EQUIPMENT; CURVE TRACER; DIRECT MONITORING; DUST ACCUMULATION; ENERGY LOST; ENERGY YIELDS; METEOROLOGICAL INPUT; MODULE PERFORMANCE; NATURAL CONTAMINANTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANT; SOILING; SOLAR MODULE; SOLAR PANELS; TEST SETUPS;

DUST; RAIN;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84871781166     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2216859     Document Type: Article

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