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 (480 downloads)	Kees Van Der Bos	Hukseflux
	Online apps for solar prospecting: New challenges and industry needs (421 downloads)	Artur Skoczek	Solargis
	Comparison of remote- and ground- based albedo measurement for solar resource assessment (499 downloads)	Patrick Keelin	Clean Power Research
	Evaluations Mars Optical Soiling Sensor (423 downloads)	Michael Gostein	Atonometrics

2. PV Module Characterization

	Deriving Thermal Response Coefficients for PVSyst (418 downloads)	Ben Bourne	SunPower
	Incident Angle Modifier (IAM) Round Robin Updates (618 downloads)	Nick Riedel	Technical University of Denmark
	Making the Most of Module Matrix Measurements (327 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 (334 downloads)	Joseph Walters	University of Central Florida

3. PV Performance Model Updates

	Recent and Planned Improvements to the System Advisor Model (SAM) (418 downloads)	Janine Freeman	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
	Strategies for Electrical Shading Modeling with PlantPredict (326 downloads)	Alex Stark	First Solar
	Finite Element Thermal Analysis Supporting a Transient Moving-Average Module Temperature Prediction Model (316 downloads)	Matthew Prilliman	Arizona State University / Sandia
	MLPE Performance Modeling - Module Level Power Electronics (420 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. (237 downloads)	Patrick Brown	MIT
	Early Life PV System Degradation Evaluation and Modeling Based on Cumulative Exposure to Environmental Stressors (373 downloads)	Birk Jones	Sandia National Laboratories
	Best-Practices in PV Plant Performance Degradation Benchmarking (401 downloads)	Daniel Fregosi	EPRI
	Impact of PV Module Degradation Rate on Utility Scale Systems (422 downloads)	Sara MacAlpine	juwi
	Fleet-scale PV Performance Analytics (429 downloads)	Michael Deceglie	National Renewable Energy Laboratory

 

Day 2: Wednesday May 15, 2019

5. Bifacial PV Performance Modeling

	Best Practices for Bifacial Energy Modeling (525 downloads)	Peter Johnson	UL
	Optimization of Back Reflectors for Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules (475 downloads)	Pedro Martin	Arizona State University
	SolarFarmer Bifacial Modeling (449 downloads)	Mark Mikofski	DNV-GL
	The subtle art of bifacial performance modeling (1314 downloads)	Silvana Ayala Pelaez	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
	The effect of non-uniform illumination on bifacial tracking modules: a simulation study (641 downloads)	Keith Mcintosh	PV Lighthouse
	Solar PV Performance and New Technologies in Northern Latitude Regions (400 downloads)	Joshua S. Stein	Sandia National Laboratories

 

6. PV System Monitoring

	PV Module Monitoring Equipment with Optimized Sampling, Filtering, and Time-Response Characteristics (360 downloads)	James Richards	CFV Solar Laboratory
	Advanced PV performance analysis on modules and power plants using cloud-based processing (523 downloads)	Juergen Sutterlueti	Gantner Instruments
	Performance evaluation of PV power predictive models for real-time monitoring (396 downloads)	Marios Theristis	University of Cyprus
	How Monitoring Services of Distributed Solar PV Production Benefits from Machine Learning (353 downloads)	Daniel Lassahn	Meteocontrol

 

7. Open Source Software Updates

	captest - Open Source package for Reproducible Performance Testing (517 downloads)	Ben Taylor & Jessica Forbess	Exyte Energy & Sunshine Analytics
	PVFree! - NREL-SAM Component Database, PVLIB API, and Interactive PV Modeling Tutorial (345 downloads)	Mark Mikofski
	Open Software for Solar Power : Update (310 downloads)	Daniel Riley and Cliff Hansen	Sandia National Laboratories

 

Poster Presentations

	Look Mom, No MET Station! (519 downloads)	Mark Campanelli	Intelligent Measurement Systems
	Improved PV System Modeling with ML-Based Power Model: Case Study of a Commercial Building (314 downloads)	Agata Swierc	Clean Power Research
	Towards Predicting Site Annualized Probabilistic Performance Ratios Using the KWh Analytics Database (234 downloads)	Victor Garcia	KWh Analytics
	Impact of Satellite-Based Solar Resource Models (SRM) on Utility Scale PV System Design and Project Economics (238 downloads)	Brandon Liang	EDP Renewables
	Standards and Best Practices for Solar Measurements (307 downloads)	Manajit Sengupta	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
	Development and Comparative Performance of Clear-Sky and All-Sky Soiling Data Filters (208 downloads)	Justin Robinson  & Julie Chard	GroundWork Renewables
	Solar Guardian Photovoltaic Connector (219 downloads)	Kenny Blemel	MSI
	Development of Automated Methods to Determine the Quality of Long-term PV Data Sets (312 downloads)	Matthew Muller	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
	Predicting the Effect of Short-Term Inverter Saturation on PV Performance Modeling (341 downloads)	Will Hobs	Southern Company
	Characterization of Nearly Transparent Films for Use in Soiling Experiments (214 downloads)	Joseph Walters	University of Central Florida
	Changes in IV characteristics of a PV module with interconnects that are failing during cyclic mechanical loading (247 downloads)	Hubert Seigneur	University of Central Florida
	Cross-validation of PV Simulation Software (375 downloads)	Anton Driesse	PV Performance Labs
	Sandia-Performance-Model Quality Tests in Sandia Pecos for Near-Real-Time Detection of Anomalies (229 downloads)	Kyumin Lee & James Richards	CFV Solar Test Laboratories
	Comparison of TPT and Thermally Conductive Backsheets in PV Modules (207 downloads)	Ashwini Pavgi	Arizona State University
	Albedo Data to Facilitate Bifacial PV System Planning (746 downloads)	Bill Marion	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
	On-Site Solar Measurements for Bifacial Projects (308 downloads)	Peter Johnson	UL
	Sensitivity of Modelled Bifacial PV Module Gain to Albedo Granularity Levels (386 downloads)	Daniel Powell	Recurrent Energy
	Inventory of PV Performance Modeling Software (355 downloads)	Nick Riedel	Technical University of Denmark
	Development of Low-Cost, Crack-Tolerant Metallization Using Screen Printing (206 downloads)	Andre Chavez	Osazada Energy & UNM

 

Slido Questions:

2019 PV Systems Symposium Slido Questions (224 downloads)