Monday May 9, 2016

Welcome and Introduction

Joshua Stein

Sandia National Laboratories

 

Solar Resource Data Sources and Uncertainty

Chaired by Clifford Hansen, Sandia National Laboratories

	Importance of Input Data and Uncertainty Associated with Tuning Satellite to Ground Solar Irradiation	Adam Kankiewicz	Clean Power Research
	Advancements in SolarGIS Global Solar Resource Database	Artur Skoczek	GeoModel
	Serial Correlation in Solar Resource Data and Overconfidence	Mark Handschy	SolarRetina, LLC
	Smart Solar Field Instrumentation for Development of Site-Specific Irradiance to Power Models	Joseph Cuiffi	Florida Gulf Coast University
	Multi-Year Time Series versus TMY for Utility-Scale PV Prospecting Using Historic Market Power Value	Jonathan O. Allen	Allen Analytics

PV Performance Modeling

Chaired by Aron Dobos, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

	The Future of Transposition Models: From Isotropic Approximation to Physics Models	Yu Xie	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
	Effects of Spectrum on CdTe and c-Si PV Modules	Mitchell Lee	First Solar
	An Alternative to Air Mass Modifier Models	Matthew Lave	Sandia National Laboratories
	CIGS Performance Analysis	Bruce King	Sandia National Laboratories

PV Modeling Tools Update

Chaired by Joshua Stein, Sandia National Laboratories

	Update on New Features in PVsyst	Bruno Wittmer	PVSyst
	Recent and Planned Improvements to the System Advisor Model (SAM)	Aron Dobos	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
	Using SAM to Model Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage	Nicholas DiOrio	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
	Design and Development of an Open-Source Simulation Tool for Grid-Connected PV Systems at Canadian Solar	Didier Thevenard	Canadian Solar
	Solar Forecasting Requirements for Ubiquitous Solar	Tassos Golnas	U.S. DOE

Modeling Challenges for Bifacial PV Technologies

Chaired by Daniel Riley, Sandia National Laboratories

	Methods and Conditions for Rating Bifacial PV Modules	Bill Marion	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
	Annual Bifacial Energy Yield Best-Fit Model	Jose Castillo-Aguilella	Prism Solar Technologies
	Irradiance Modeling for Bifacial PV	Clifford Hansen	Sandia National Laboratories

Performance Modeling During Operations

Chaired by Joshua Stein, Sandia National Laboratories

	PV System Loss Factor Performance Analysis	Stephen Voss	Panasonic Eco Solutions
	Evaluation of Regression-based Models for Production Estimate True Up of Operational Projects	Boyd Pro	Black & Veatch
	Using Plane-of-Array Irradiance Data in PV Modeling	Janine Freeman	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
	Open Source Machine Learning Applied to PV Monitoring Applications	Joshua Stein	Sandia National Laboratories

 

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