Development of a photovoltaic module energy ratings methodology

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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has begun work on developing a consensus‐based approach to rating photovoltaic modules. This new approach was intended to address the limitations of the defacto standard module power rating at standard test conditions. Using technical input from a number of sources, and under the guidance of an industry‐based technical review committee, the approach described in this paper was developed. The Module Energy Rating (MER) consists of 10 estimates of how much energy a single typical module of a particular type will produce in one day, one for each of 5 different weather/location combinations and 2 load‐types. This paper presents an overview of the procedures required to generate an MER for any particular module type.

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