Title

Performance and reliability of an amorphous silicon photovoltaic system in Florida

Abstract

This paper reports on the performance and reliability of a grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system located in Orlando, Florida. This PV system uses amorphous silicon modules that were manufactured in 1988. Because of annealing and more favorable spectral solar radiation conditions, the relative efficiency of the PV array is about 10 percent greater in the summer than in the winter (4.4 percent versus 4.0 percent). To date, there have been few failures of the amorphous silicon photovoltaic modules despite the fact that electrochemical corrosion is present in about five percent of the modules. Information on the operation and reliability of the power conditioner, as well as the plant capacity factor and the plant availability, is also presented.

Publication Date

1-1-1991

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

Volume

5

Number of Pages

85-89

Document Type

Article

Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

0025813787 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0025813787

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