Tuning electricity generation throughout the year with PV module technology
| Autor: | Imre T. Horvath, Bader Aldalali, Hans Goverde, Jef Poortmans, Seppo Valkealahti, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Patrizio Manganiello, Mohammed Gofran Chowdhury, Kari Lappalainen, Jonathan Govaerts, Georgi Hristov Yordanov |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Lappalainen, Kari/0000-0003-3559-6927, Chowdhury, Mohammed, Gofran/0000-0003-2706-9908, Manganiello, Patrizio/0000-0002-4752-0068, Manganiello, Patrizio, GOVAERTS, Jonathan, Horvath, Imre T., Chowdhury, Mohammed Gofran, Yordanov, Georgi H., Goverde, Hans, Aldalali, Bader, Beausoleil-Morrison, Ian, Valkealahti, Seppo, Lappalainen, Kari, POORTMANS, Jef, Tampere University, Electrical Engineering, Research group: Power systems, Research area: Power engineering |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Temperature coefficient
060102 archaeology Meteorology Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 020209 energy 213 Electronic automation and communications engineering electronics Photovoltaic system Energy balance PV module technology 06 humanities and the arts 02 engineering and technology Low-light performance Seasonal balancing by tuning PV generation 7. Clean energy Turbine Lower temperature Electricity generation Performance ratio 13. Climate action High latitude 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Environmental science 0601 history and archaeology Energy yield simulation |
| Zdroj: | Renewable Energy |
| Popis: | Currently, photovoltaic (PV) installations target a maximization of annual energy yield. However, as the grid penetration of PV is increasing, PV electricity generation will need to match better with local load profiles. Especially the seasonal variabilities remain challenging. While wind and PV tend to have complementary seasonal variability, wind turbine installation faces limitations especially in densely populated areas. In this paper, we discuss how this challenge may be addressed with climateand consumption-specific PV module technology. In particular, we demonstrate how the temperature coefficient of a PV system can impact the energy yield throughout the year. In colder climates, higher temperature coefficients allow for a better energy balance, favoring production in colder seasons without a significant reduction of yearly energy yield. Simulations for locations at high latitude, and colder climates, indicate that higher temperature coefficients and improved low-light behavior not only enable a higher energy yield in cold seasons, but also negligible losses in the overall yearly energy yield compared to lower temperature coefficients and slightly better low-light behavior. Simulations show that these results can be obtained using commercial PV modules. More broadly, they indicate how PV module technology may be optimized depending on the location and climate. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 751159. The work in this paper was partially funded by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences under project number CN18-15 EE-01. Govaerts, J (corresponding author), IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, Leuven, Belgium. Jonathan.Govaerts@imec.be |
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