Abstract :
In this paper, a comprehensive method for evaluating energy losses of a grid-connected building integrated photovoltaic (GC-BIPV)
system due to partial shading is described. The method consists to make a comparison between theoretical and measured (monitoring
data) curves of the maximum output energy produced by a GC-BIPV system installed at Jae´n University (Spain). The results showed that
loss of energy is 1.79 kWh/day, which corresponds to a shading factor of 14.4%.
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