Title

Procedures For Photovoltaic System Design Review And Approval

Abstract

The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) has developed a process to evaluate complete photovoltaic (PV) systems. It was developed in order to provide consumers, installers, and other stakeholders with a level of assurance that accepted systems have been well-designed and meet safety and quality requirements as detailed in this evaluation. This process has been used as a requirement for subsidies in both the Florida PV Buildings Program and PV for Schools program, and is currently being used by the USDA's Rural Utilities Service. FSEC is also in the process of updating the Florida Administrative Code so that all PV systems installed in Florida will require this evaluation. The design review and approval process covers both utility-interactive and stand-alone photovoltaic systems. These system evaluations are based on the complete design and documentation packages that accompany the application for design review. Items evaluated include safety and code compliance of the overall design, individual components and their interactions with one another, and completeness of instructions, diagrams and schematics for system installation, operation and maintenance. To date over 70 grid-connected systems from six different manufacturers have been approved through this process. ©2005 IEEE.

Publication Date

11-30-2005

Publication Title

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Number of Pages

1777-1780

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488495

Socpus ID

27944432182 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/27944432182

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