Detectable faults on recently installed solar modules in Western Australia

Renewable Energy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 215-221

  Djordjevic, Sinisa ^a   Parlevliet, David ^a   Jennings, Philip ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Defects of solar modules; Faults of solar modules; Inspection of solar modules; Microcracks in solar cells; PV quality assurance; Silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER PRICES; PV MODULES; SOLAR MODULE; SOLAR PVS; VISUAL APPEARANCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

DEFECTS;

INSTALLATION; MICROCRACK; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOF; SILICON; SOLAR POWER;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 84897439726     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.11.036     Document Type: Article

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