2019 PVPMC – Albuquerque

Group photo of the 2019 PVPMC attendees

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Day 1: Tuesday May 14, 2019

Keynote Address: Sarah Cottrell Propst, Cabinet Secretary of New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Resources

1. Solar Resource Data and Modeling

Latest Developments in Solar Irradiance Measurement (8690 downloads) Kees Van Der BosHukseflux
Online apps for solar prospecting: New challenges and industry needs (9408 downloads) Artur SkoczekSolargis
Comparison of remote- and ground- based albedo measurement for solar resource assessment (7817 downloads) Patrick KeelinClean Power Research
Evaluations Mars Optical Soiling Sensor (7907 downloads) Michael GosteinAtonometrics

2. PV Module Characterization

Deriving Thermal Response Coefficients for PVSyst (7792 downloads) Ben BourneSunPower
Incident Angle Modifier (IAM) Round Robin Updates (8166 downloads) Nick RiedelTechnical University of Denmark
Making the Most of Module Matrix Measurements (7777 downloads) Anton DriessePV Performance Labs
Experimental Methods to Replicate Power Loss of PV Modules in the Field for the Purpose of Fault Detection Algorithm Development (7773 downloads) Joseph WaltersUniversity of Central Florida

3. PV Performance Model Updates

Recent and Planned Improvements to the System Advisor Model (SAM) (5260 downloads) Janine FreemanNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
Strategies for Electrical Shading Modeling with PlantPredict (5203 downloads) Alex StarkFirst Solar
Finite Element Thermal Analysis Supporting a Transient Moving-Average Module Temperature Prediction Model (7615 downloads) Matthew PrillimanArizona State University / Sandia
MLPE Performance Modeling - Module Level Power Electronics (7824 downloads) Chetan ChaudhariSunPower

4. PV Performance Standards and Studies

Spatial, Temporal, and Technological Variation in the Value of Solar Power across the U.S. (5343 downloads) Patrick BrownMIT
Early Life PV System Degradation Evaluation and Modeling Based on Cumulative Exposure to Environmental Stressors (7796 downloads) Birk JonesSandia National Laboratories
Best-Practices in PV Plant Performance Degradation Benchmarking (7844 downloads) Daniel FregosiEPRI
Impact of PV Module Degradation Rate on Utility Scale Systems (8194 downloads) Sara MacAlpinejuwi
Fleet-scale PV Performance Analytics (8432 downloads) Michael DeceglieNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Day 2: Wednesday May 15, 2019

5. Bifacial PV Performance Modeling

Best Practices for Bifacial Energy Modeling (8009 downloads) Peter JohnsonUL
Optimization of Back Reflectors for Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules (8635 downloads) Pedro MartinArizona State University
SolarFarmer Bifacial Modeling (5383 downloads) Mark MikofskiDNV-GL
The subtle art of bifacial performance modeling (7538 downloads) Silvana Ayala PelaezNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
The effect of non-uniform illumination on bifacial tracking modules: a simulation study (5814 downloads) Keith McintoshPV Lighthouse
Solar PV Performance and New Technologies in Northern Latitude Regions (5300 downloads) Joshua S. SteinSandia National Laboratories

6. PV System Monitoring

PV Module Monitoring Equipment with Optimized Sampling, Filtering, and Time-Response Characteristics (5276 downloads) James RichardsCFV Solar Laboratory
Advanced PV performance analysis on modules and power plants using cloud-based processing (9325 downloads) Juergen SutterluetiGantner Instruments
Performance evaluation of PV power predictive models for real-time monitoring (5103 downloads) Marios TheristisUniversity of Cyprus
How Monitoring Services of Distributed Solar PV Production Benefits from Machine Learning (7787 downloads) Daniel LassahnMeteocontrol

7. Open Source Software Updates

captest - Open Source package for Reproducible Performance Testing (8385 downloads) Ben Taylor & Jessica ForbessExyte Energy & Sunshine Analytics
PVFree! - NREL-SAM Component Database, PVLIB API, and Interactive PV Modeling Tutorial (5038 downloads) Mark Mikofski
Open Software for Solar Power: Update (7660 downloads) Daniel Riley and Cliff HansenSandia National Laboratories

Poster Presentations

Look Mom, No MET Station! (8323 downloads) Mark CampanelliIntelligent Measurement Systems
Improved PV System Modeling with ML-Based Power Model: Case Study of a Commercial Building (7733 downloads) Agata SwiercClean Power Research
Towards Predicting Site Annualized Probabilistic Performance Ratios Using the KWh Analytics Database (5145 downloads) Victor GarciaKWh Analytics
Impact of Satellite-Based Solar Resource Models (SRM) on Utility Scale PV System Design and Project Economics (7644 downloads) Brandon LiangEDP Renewables
Standards and Best Practices for Solar Measurements (5006 downloads) Manajit SenguptaNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
Development and Comparative Performance of Clear-Sky and All-Sky Soiling Data Filters (7758 downloads) Justin Robinson  & Julie ChardGroundWork Renewables
Solar Guardian Photovoltaic Connector (5051 downloads) Kenny BlemelMSI
Development of Automated Methods to Determine the Quality of Long-term PV Data Sets (7763 downloads) Matthew MullerNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
Predicting the Effect of Short-Term Inverter Saturation on PV Performance Modeling (5206 downloads) Will HobsSouthern Company
Characterization of Nearly Transparent Films for Use in Soiling Experiments (7507 downloads) Joseph WaltersUniversity of Central Florida
Changes in IV characteristics of a PV module with interconnects that are failing during cyclic mechanical loading (7743 downloads) Hubert SeigneurUniversity of Central Florida
Cross-validation of PV Simulation Software (9275 downloads) Anton DriessePV Performance Labs
Sandia-Performance-Model Quality Tests in Sandia Pecos for Near-Real-Time Detection of Anomalies (5076 downloads) Kyumin Lee & James RichardsCFV Solar Test Laboratories
Comparison of TPT and Thermally Conductive Backsheets in PV Modules (7564 downloads) Ashwini PavgiArizona State University
Albedo Data to Facilitate Bifacial PV System Planning (8202 downloads) Bill MarionNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
On-Site Solar Measurements for Bifacial Projects (7651 downloads) Peter JohnsonUL
Sensitivity of Modelled Bifacial PV Module Gain to Albedo Granularity Levels (5153 downloads) Daniel PowellRecurrent Energy
Inventory of PV Performance Modeling Software (7718 downloads) Nick RiedelTechnical University of Denmark
Development of Low-Cost, Crack-Tolerant Metallization Using Screen Printing (7557 downloads) Andre ChavezOsazada Energy & UNM

Slide Questions:

2019 PV Systems Symposium Slide Questions (7694 downloads)