Technical evaluation of Solar Cells Inc. CdTe module and array at NREL

Open Access

1 January 1996

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

No. 01608371,p. 969-972
https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.1996.564291

Abstract

The Engineering and Technology Validation Team at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) conducts in-situ technical evaluations of polycrystalline thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules and arrays. This paper focuses on the technical evaluation of Solar Cells Inc. (SCI) cadmium telluride (CdTe) module and array performance by attempting to correlate individual module and array performance. This is done by examining the performance and stability of the modules and array over a period of more than one year. Temperature coefficients for module and array parameters (P/sub max/, V/sub oc/, V/sub max/, I/sub sc/, I/sub max/) are also calculated.

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Temperature dependence of photovoltaic cells, modules and systems
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ,1996