Glass/glass photovoltaic module reliability and degradation: a review

A Sinha, DB Sulas-Kern, M Owen-Bellini… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Glass/glass (G/G) photovoltaic (PV) module construction is quickly rising in
popularity due to increased demand for bifacial PV modules, with additional applications for …

PV field reliability status—Analysis of 100 000 solar systems

DC Jordan, B Marion, C Deline… - Progress in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we analyzed annual production data from 100 000 photovoltaic systems as well
as comments relating to their performance and maintenance. Our analysis revealed that …

Performance and degradation assessment of large-scale grid-connected solar photovoltaic power plant in tropical semi-arid environment of India

M Malvoni, NM Kumar, SS Chopra, N Hatziargyriou - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The performance and degradation of a 1 MWp utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) system located
in the tropical semi-arid climate of India is investigated based on four years of monitored …

Parametric modeling of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from photovoltaic power

I Miller, E Gençer, HS Vogelbaum, PR Brown… - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
From 2007 to 2017, global installed solar photovoltaic power capacity grew by a factor of 50.
Practices that were minor, including solar tracking, inverter overloading, and Chinese …

Effect of UV irradiation on PV modules and their simulation in newly designed site-specific accelerated ageing tests

B Bora, S Rai, A Dhar, C Banerjee - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the significant environmental stress factors for degradation in the PV module is UV
irradiation exposure in the field during its operational lifespan. In this work, degradation …

Correlating infrared thermography with electrical degradation of PV modules inspected in all-India survey of photovoltaic module reliability 2016

S Chattopadhyay, R Dubey, S Bhaduri… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Degradation in electrical performance of photovoltaic (PV) modules is related to the
degradation of the solar cells and laminate materials in the modules, which often shows up …

Determining the optimal standard test condition correction procedure for high‐throughput field IV measurements of photovoltaic modules

YR Golive, A Kottantharayil, J Vasi… - Progress in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The field‐measured current–voltage (I–V) curves of photovoltaic (PV) modules need to be
corrected to Standard Test Conditions (STC) in order to estimate the degradation rates. STC …

Early‐stage identification of encapsulants photobleaching and discoloration in crystalline silicon photovoltaic module laminates

B Adothu, S Chattopadhyay, P Bhatt… - Progress in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Commercially different variants of ethylene‐vinyl acetate (EVA) encapsulants are available
in the photovoltaic (PV) market. Photobleaching and discoloration are the two most …

Long term performance assessment and loss analysis of 9 MW grid tied PV plant in India

N Bansal, SP Jaiswal, G Singh - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents detailed performance analysis of 9 MW grid connected utility scale solar
photovoltaic plant with three PV technologies polycrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon and …

Photovoltaic degradation climate zones

T Karin, CB Jones, A Jain - 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A large body of previous research indicates that climate affects photovoltaic (PV)
degradation both in terms of steady power loss and hazardous failures. However, the …