Abstract
Ahstract- The modern urban environment is challenging for the deployment of solar Photovoltaic (PV) technology. Large structures and compactness limit the available rooftop area and create unpredicted shading patterns. While modern applications such as geographical information system (GIS) software provide a useful tool to calculate solar potential, the majority of small and medium size domestic systems suffer from inefficiencies. In this paper we present our preliminary results that show significant performance losses that can reach 15% for systems that are located in urban areas compared with systems located in rural and sub urban areas.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 3167-3173 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- building integrated photovoltaics
- geographic information systems
- solar cell arrays
- solar power stations
- performance losses
- rooftop area
- solar photovoltaic technology
- urban areas
- medium size domestic systems
- solar potential
- geographical information system
- modern applications
- unpredicted shading patterns
- compactness limit
- modern urban environment
- solar PV performance
- Passivation
- Aluminum oxide
- Films
- Silicon
- Annealing
- Performance Ratio
- GIS
- PV module
- system
- population density
