Two years performance comparison of Elkem Solar multicrystalline silicon with polysilicon in a PV grid-connected system

Author

Tayyib, Muhammad ; Odden, Jan Ove ; Ramchander, N. ; Prakash, M.B. ; Surendra, T.S. ; Muneeshwar, R. ; Sarma, A.V. ; Ramanjaneyulu, M. ; Saetre, Tor Oskar

Author_Institution

Univ. of Agder, Grimstad, Norway

fYear

2014

fDate

8-13 June 2014

Firstpage

3230

Lastpage

3233

Abstract

Summarizes two years performance of an Elkem Solar and polysilicon photovoltaic (PV) system installed in the Sunbelt Region, which has been fully operational since 2011. The PV system consists of 28 multicrystalline silicon PV modules made from the standard Siemens process and from material produced by a metallurgical route - the Elkem Solar Silicon (ESS®) process. The present study suggests that after two years of field operation, both types of modules show similar degradation of power at STC. The ESS® PV modules have better performance than standard polysilicon modules as a function of solar irradiation, and thereby the total kWh generated has been slightly higher for the ESS® modules.

Keywords

solar cells; ESS® modules; Elkem Solar Silicon process; Elkem solar multicrystalline silicon; PV grid-connected system; Siemens process; Sunbelt region; multicrystalline silicon PV modules; polysilicon photovoltaic system; solar irradiation; standard polysilicon modules; Arrays; Degradation; Photovoltaic cells; Production; Silicon; Temperature measurement; Elkem solar; modules performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2014 IEEE 40th

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925623

Filename

6925623