Performance of New Photovoltaic System Designs IEA PVPS Task 13 Subtask 1.3

M. Littwin; F. Baumgartner; C. Biba; R French; D. Gfeller; C. Messner; U. Muntwyler; D. Riley; D. Rivola; T Schott; J. Stein; M. Trommsdorff; W.G.J.H.M. van Sark; M. Köntges; T. Ohrdes; R. Brendel

doi:10.4229/EUPVSEC20202020-5CP.1.5

Performance of New Photovoltaic System Designs IEA PVPS Task 13 Subtask 1.3

M. Littwin
, F. Baumgartner
, C. Biba
, R French
, D. Gfeller
, C. Messner
, U. Muntwyler
, D. Riley
, D. Rivola
, T Schott
, J. Stein
, M. Trommsdorff
, W.G.J.H.M. van Sark
, M. Köntges
, T. Ohrdes
, R. Brendel

Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH)
Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)
University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil (HSR)
Case Western Reserve University
Green Power Engineering Ltd
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Sandia National Laboratories
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Leibniz University Hannover

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Abstract

In the IEA PVPS Task 13 subtask 1.3 we put together a compendium of new performance characterization methods for new Photovoltaic (PV) system designs as a reference. New methods are described and explained by laboratory tests up to case studies. While performance characterization is more than evaluating efficiency of a component or a system in certain operating points, the results account for multi-dimensional usage and benefits. The performance aspects of new PV designs start with the resource-efficient construction of solar cells and all other PV system components, continue with efficient power generation, and end with the resources (including the land or water surfaces on which systems are built) needed to operate a complex PV system and multiple uses to replace otherwise non-energy generating components. These assessments are intended to provide well-founded and comparable key figures in order to enable new PV system designs to move faster into new fields of application.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 37th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference
Editors	N. Pearsall, R. Kenny, P. Helm
Publisher	WIP-Renewable Energies
Pages	1208-1220
ISBN (Print)	3-936338-73-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC20202020-5CP.1.5
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Name	EU PVSEC Proceedings
ISSN (Electronic)	2196-100X

UN SDGs

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

PV System Performance
System Characterization
Methods
Double Use fo PV Systems
Characterization Methods Overview

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Littwin, M., Baumgartner, F., Biba, C., French, R., Gfeller, D., Messner, C., Muntwyler, U., Riley, D., Rivola, D., Schott, T., Stein, J., Trommsdorff, M., van Sark, W. G. J. H. M., Köntges, M., Ohrdes, T., & Brendel, R. (2020). Performance of New Photovoltaic System Designs IEA PVPS Task 13 Subtask 1.3. In N. Pearsall, R. Kenny, & P. Helm (Eds.), Proceedings of the 37th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (pp. 1208-1220). (EU PVSEC Proceedings). WIP-Renewable Energies. https://doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC20202020-5CP.1.5

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Performance of New Photovoltaic System Designs IEA PVPS Task 13 Subtask 1.3. / Littwin, M.; Baumgartner, F.; Biba, C. et al.
Proceedings of the 37th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference . ed. / N. Pearsall; R. Kenny; P. Helm. WIP-Renewable Energies, 2020. p. 1208-1220 (EU PVSEC Proceedings).

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