2019 12th PV Performance Modeling and Monitoring Workshop

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 (1412 downloads)	Kees Van Der Bos	Hukseflux
Online apps for solar prospecting: New challenges and industry needs (1445 downloads)	Artur Skoczek	Solargis
Comparison of remote- and ground- based albedo measurement for solar resource assessment (1298 downloads)	Patrick Keelin	Clean Power Research
Evaluations Mars Optical Soiling Sensor (1250 downloads)	Michael Gostein	Atonometrics

2. PV Module Characterization

Deriving Thermal Response Coefficients for PVSyst (1244 downloads)	Ben Bourne	SunPower
Incident Angle Modifier (IAM) Round Robin Updates (1638 downloads)	Nick Riedel	Technical University of Denmark
Making the Most of Module Matrix Measurements (1172 downloads)	Anton Driesse	PV Performance Labs
Experimental Methods to Replicate Power Loss of PV Modules in the Field for the Purpose of Fault Detection Algorithm Development (1150 downloads)	Joseph Walters	University of Central Florida

3. PV Performance Model Updates

Recent and Planned Improvements to the System Advisor Model (SAM) (1034 downloads)	Janine Freeman	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Strategies for Electrical Shading Modeling with PlantPredict (954 downloads)	Alex Stark	First Solar
Finite Element Thermal Analysis Supporting a Transient Moving-Average Module Temperature Prediction Model (1105 downloads)	Matthew Prilliman	Arizona State University / Sandia
MLPE Performance Modeling - Module Level Power Electronics (1237 downloads)	Chetan Chaudhari	SunPower

4. PV Performance Standards and Studies

Spatial, Temporal, and Technological Variation in the Value of Solar Power across the U.S. (958 downloads)	Patrick Brown	MIT
Early Life PV System Degradation Evaluation and Modeling Based on Cumulative Exposure to Environmental Stressors (1172 downloads)	Birk Jones	Sandia National Laboratories
Best-Practices in PV Plant Performance Degradation Benchmarking (1206 downloads)	Daniel Fregosi	EPRI
Impact of PV Module Degradation Rate on Utility Scale Systems (1262 downloads)	Sara MacAlpine	juwi
Fleet-scale PV Performance Analytics (1373 downloads)	Michael Deceglie	National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Day 2: Wednesday May 15, 2019

5. Bifacial PV Performance Modeling

Best Practices for Bifacial Energy Modeling (1333 downloads)	Peter Johnson	UL
Optimization of Back Reflectors for Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules (1404 downloads)	Pedro Martin	Arizona State University
SolarFarmer Bifacial Modeling (1083 downloads)	Mark Mikofski	DNV-GL
The subtle art of bifacial performance modeling (2317 downloads)	Silvana Ayala Pelaez	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The effect of non-uniform illumination on bifacial tracking modules: a simulation study (1419 downloads)	Keith Mcintosh	PV Lighthouse
Solar PV Performance and New Technologies in Northern Latitude Regions (1031 downloads)	Joshua S. Stein	Sandia National Laboratories

6. PV System Monitoring

PV Module Monitoring Equipment with Optimized Sampling, Filtering, and Time-Response Characteristics (1003 downloads)	James Richards	CFV Solar Laboratory
Advanced PV performance analysis on modules and power plants using cloud-based processing (1492 downloads)	Juergen Sutterlueti	Gantner Instruments
Performance evaluation of PV power predictive models for real-time monitoring (921 downloads)	Marios Theristis	University of Cyprus
How Monitoring Services of Distributed Solar PV Production Benefits from Machine Learning (1143 downloads)	Daniel Lassahn	Meteocontrol

7. Open Source Software Updates

captest - Open Source package for Reproducible Performance Testing (1565 downloads)	Ben Taylor & Jessica Forbess	Exyte Energy & Sunshine Analytics
PVFree! - NREL-SAM Component Database, PVLIB API, and Interactive PV Modeling Tutorial (874 downloads)	Mark Mikofski
Open Software for Solar Power: Update (1101 downloads)	Daniel Riley and Cliff Hansen	Sandia National Laboratories

Poster Presentations

Look Mom, No MET Station! (1636 downloads)	Mark Campanelli	Intelligent Measurement Systems
Improved PV System Modeling with ML-Based Power Model: Case Study of a Commercial Building (1115 downloads)	Agata Swierc	Clean Power Research
Towards Predicting Site Annualized Probabilistic Performance Ratios Using the KWh Analytics Database (850 downloads)	Victor Garcia	KWh Analytics
Impact of Satellite-Based Solar Resource Models (SRM) on Utility Scale PV System Design and Project Economics (1079 downloads)	Brandon Liang	EDP Renewables
Standards and Best Practices for Solar Measurements (811 downloads)	Manajit Sengupta	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Development and Comparative Performance of Clear-Sky and All-Sky Soiling Data Filters (1018 downloads)	Justin Robinson  & Julie Chard	GroundWork Renewables
Solar Guardian Photovoltaic Connector (826 downloads)	Kenny Blemel	MSI
Development of Automated Methods to Determine the Quality of Long-term PV Data Sets (1101 downloads)	Matthew Muller	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Predicting the Effect of Short-Term Inverter Saturation on PV Performance Modeling (1042 downloads)	Will Hobs	Southern Company
Characterization of Nearly Transparent Films for Use in Soiling Experiments (998 downloads)	Joseph Walters	University of Central Florida
Changes in IV characteristics of a PV module with interconnects that are failing during cyclic mechanical loading (1062 downloads)	Hubert Seigneur	University of Central Florida
Cross-validation of PV Simulation Software (1165 downloads)	Anton Driesse	PV Performance Labs
Sandia-Performance-Model Quality Tests in Sandia Pecos for Near-Real-Time Detection of Anomalies (839 downloads)	Kyumin Lee & James Richards	CFV Solar Test Laboratories
Comparison of TPT and Thermally Conductive Backsheets in PV Modules (989 downloads)	Ashwini Pavgi	Arizona State University
Albedo Data to Facilitate Bifacial PV System Planning (1645 downloads)	Bill Marion	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
On-Site Solar Measurements for Bifacial Projects (1102 downloads)	Peter Johnson	UL
Sensitivity of Modelled Bifacial PV Module Gain to Albedo Granularity Levels (921 downloads)	Daniel Powell	Recurrent Energy
Inventory of PV Performance Modeling Software (1188 downloads)	Nick Riedel	Technical University of Denmark
Development of Low-Cost, Crack-Tolerant Metallization Using Screen Printing (983 downloads)	Andre Chavez	Osazada Energy & UNM

Slide Questions:

2019 PV Systems Symposium Slide Questions (1016 downloads)