PVUSA-the first decade of experience

Author

Jennings, Christina ; Farmer, Brian ; Townsend, Tim ; Hutchinson, Paul ; Reyes, Tony ; Whitaker, Chuck ; Gough, Jim ; Shipman, Dan ; Stolte, Walt ; Wenger, Howard ; Hoff, Tom

Author_Institution

Pacific Gas & Electr. Co., San Ramon, CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

13-17 May 1996

Firstpage

1513

Lastpage

1516

Abstract

Photovoltaics for Utility Scale Applications (PVUSA) is a national cooperative research and development project with a mission to acquire information through field installation and testing of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) technologies and to provide the information to utilities and other participants. This paper updates the project´s progress and summarizes performance, cost, and value results obtained in the 10 years since project inception

Keywords

photovoltaic power systems; project management; research and development management; PVUSA; Photovoltaics for Utility Scale Applications; cooperative research and development project; cost; experience; field installation; field testing; grid-connected photovoltaic technologies; performance; Costs; Maintenance; Photovoltaic cells; Power system management; Production; Project management; Research and development; System testing; Technology management; Technology transfer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1996., Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3166-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1996.564424

Filename

564424