TY - GEN
T1 - Seasonal Performance Assessment of Various PV Technologies in a Desert Climate through Device Simulations and Outdoor Measurements
AU - Katsaounis, Theodoros
AU - Kotsovos, Konstantinos
AU - Gereige, Issam
AU - Basahee, A
AU - Abdullah, M
AU - Khayat, A
AU - Alhabshi, Esra
AU - Alsaggaf, A
AU - Tzavaras, Athanasios
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-12-17
Acknowledgements: The authors acknowledge the support of the Supercomputing Laboratory at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; the KAUST Economic development for their technical support and Saudi Aramco R&D Center -Carbon Management Division for their financial support through grant RGC#3893.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Middle East is considered as one the most promising areas for PV deployment due to its vast solar potential. Successful deployment of PV systems in the region is challenging, however, due to local weather conditions. Frequent dust storms in these areas cause heavy soiling on PV module surface and significantly affecting the solar panels performance. In addition, the combination of high ambient temperatures and increased UV irradiance levels pose additional challenges in PV module reliability. This work focuses on the influence of local climate effects
on the performance and energy yield of various PV module technologies by processing local weather data over various periods. Simulation data are validated with outdoor IV measurements on various types of commercial c-Si based PV modules, located at KAUST University, Western Region of Saudi Arabia.
AB - Middle East is considered as one the most promising areas for PV deployment due to its vast solar potential. Successful deployment of PV systems in the region is challenging, however, due to local weather conditions. Frequent dust storms in these areas cause heavy soiling on PV module surface and significantly affecting the solar panels performance. In addition, the combination of high ambient temperatures and increased UV irradiance levels pose additional challenges in PV module reliability. This work focuses on the influence of local climate effects
on the performance and energy yield of various PV module technologies by processing local weather data over various periods. Simulation data are validated with outdoor IV measurements on various types of commercial c-Si based PV modules, located at KAUST University, Western Region of Saudi Arabia.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/666403
UR - https://www.eupvsec-proceedings.com/proceedings?fulltext=Katsaounis&paper=49110
U2 - 10.4229/EUPVSEC20202020-4AV.2.16
DO - 10.4229/EUPVSEC20202020-4AV.2.16
M3 - Conference contribution
BT - 37th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition
PB - EU PVSEC
ER -