Quality control and performance monitoring in the 1 MW PV project in Amersfoort, the Netherlands

Author

Molenbroek, E.C. ; Kil, A.J. ; Schoen, A.J.N. ; Vlek, F.

Author_Institution

Ecofys Energy & Environ., Utrecht, Netherlands

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1756

Lastpage

1759

Abstract

The Nieuwland 1 MW PV project, consisting of more than 500 building integrated PV-installations, is nearing completion. All houses and all PV-installations have been built. A quality control program that covered all phases of the project was implemented. Commissioning in some areas has been postponed due to issues related to roof integration and grid interconnection. In other areas, a performance guarantee test-period has started. It is the first time that a performance guarantee, which is expected to play an important role in the further introduction of PV systems in the Netherlands, has been applied. The monitoring system is scheduled to be fully operational this fall, including a solar viewer allowing inhabitants to keep track of PV-performance as well as their own electricity consumption

Keywords

monitoring; photovoltaic power systems; power system interconnection; power system measurement; project engineering; quality control; solar cell arrays; 1 MW; Amersfoort; Commissioning; Netherlands; PV project; building integrated PV-installations; electricity consumption; grid interconnection; performance guarantee test-period; performance monitoring; quality control; roof integration; solar viewer; Building integrated photovoltaics; Energy consumption; Guidelines; Inspection; Large-scale systems; Marketing and sales; Monitoring; Quality control; Scheduling; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2000. Conference Record of the Twenty-Eighth IEEE

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5772-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2000.916245

Filename

916245