The effect of manufacturing mismatch on energy production for large-scale photovoltaic plants

Solar Energy

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 282-289

  Massi Pavan, A ^a   Tessarolo, A ^a   Barbini, N ^a   Mellit, A ^b,c   Lughi, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JIJEL   (Algeria)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Large scale photovoltaic plant; Manufacturing mismatch losses; Negative mismatch losses; Performance; Photovoltaic power system

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PRODUCTIVITY;

EUROPEAN EFFICIENCIES; MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES; MISMATCH LOSS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PLANT; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY ESTIMATION; STANDARD TEST CONDITION (STC);

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MANUFACTURING; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EUROPE;

EID: 84930227041     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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