Standardised evaluation of renewable energy systems

Author

Perujo, Adolfo ; Kaiser, Rudi ; Sauer, Dirk-Uwe ; Wenzl, H. ; Baring-Gould, Ian ; Wilmot, Nigel ; Mattera, Florence ; Tselepis, Stathis ; Nieuwenhout, Frans ; Rodrigues, Carlos ; Ruddell, Alan ; Lundsager, Per ; Svoboda, Vojtech

Author_Institution

Joint Res. Center, Inst. for Environ. & Sustainability, Italy

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

18-18 May 2003

Firstpage

2173

Abstract

Renewable energy systems (RES) have to be designed specifically for both site and application. A comparison between different RES with the aim of evaluating the performance and the relative merits of the systems as a whole and/or their components is therefore difficult. As part of the BENCHMARKING project which is an international project carried out by 10 European research organisations, NREL (US) and the Australian Cooperative Research Centre, a proposal is here presented on how to measure performance, compress data and evaluate them in a standardised form, i.e. a standard evaluation report (SER). It covers all types of renewable energy systems at any location and for any application. Its primary aim is to allow a comparison of RES and their key components.

Keywords

benchmark testing; photovoltaic power systems; power system measurement; renewable energy sources; benchmarking; renewable energy systems; standard evaluation report;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of 3rd World Conference on

Conference_Location

Osaka, Japan

Print_ISBN

4-9901816-0-3

Type

conf

Filename

1305015