Review of photovoltaic degradation rate methodologies

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 143-152

  Phinikarides, Alexander ^a   Kindyni, Nitsa ^a   Makrides, George ^a   Georghiou, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Degradation; Durability; Photovoltaic; Statistical analysis; Weathering

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGRESSIVE MOVING AVERAGE MODEL; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DURABILITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHERING;

AUTO-REGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; MEASURING EQUIPMENTS; PERFORMANCE METRICES; PERFORMANCE METRICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS METHODS; DEGRADATION RATE;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 84906238096     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.155     Document Type: Review

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