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 (11617 downloads ) Kees Van Der BosHukseflux
Online apps for solar prospecting: New challenges and industry needs (12654 downloads ) Artur SkoczekSolargis
Comparison of remote- and ground- based albedo measurement for solar resource assessment (10580 downloads ) Patrick KeelinClean Power Research
Evaluations Mars Optical Soiling Sensor (10571 downloads ) Michael GosteinAtonometrics

2. PV Module Characterization

Deriving Thermal Response Coefficients for PVSyst (10487 downloads ) Ben BourneSunPower
Incident Angle Modifier (IAM) Round Robin Updates (10908 downloads ) Nick RiedelTechnical University of Denmark
Making the Most of Module Matrix Measurements (10470 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 (10514 downloads ) Joseph WaltersUniversity of Central Florida

3. PV Performance Model Updates

Recent and Planned Improvements to the System Advisor Model (SAM) (6289 downloads ) Janine FreemanNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
Strategies for Electrical Shading Modeling with PlantPredict (6257 downloads ) Alex StarkFirst Solar
Finite Element Thermal Analysis Supporting a Transient Moving-Average Module Temperature Prediction Model (10343 downloads ) Matthew PrillimanArizona State University / Sandia
MLPE Performance Modeling - Module Level Power Electronics (10609 downloads ) Chetan ChaudhariSunPower

4. PV Performance Standards and Studies

Spatial, Temporal, and Technological Variation in the Value of Solar Power across the U.S. (6388 downloads ) Patrick BrownMIT
Early Life PV System Degradation Evaluation and Modeling Based on Cumulative Exposure to Environmental Stressors (10537 downloads ) Birk JonesSandia National Laboratories
Best-Practices in PV Plant Performance Degradation Benchmarking (10654 downloads ) Daniel FregosiEPRI
Impact of PV Module Degradation Rate on Utility Scale Systems (10892 downloads ) Sara MacAlpinejuwi
Fleet-scale PV Performance Analytics (11189 downloads ) Michael DeceglieNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Day 2: Wednesday May 15, 2019

5. Bifacial PV Performance Modeling

Best Practices for Bifacial Energy Modeling (10776 downloads ) Peter JohnsonUL
Optimization of Back Reflectors for Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules (11376 downloads ) Pedro MartinArizona State University
SolarFarmer Bifacial Modeling (6467 downloads ) Mark MikofskiDNV-GL
The subtle art of bifacial performance modeling (9595 downloads ) Silvana Ayala PelaezNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
The effect of non-uniform illumination on bifacial tracking modules: a simulation study (6875 downloads ) Keith McintoshPV Lighthouse
Solar PV Performance and New Technologies in Northern Latitude Regions (6365 downloads ) Joshua S. SteinSandia National Laboratories

6. PV System Monitoring

PV Module Monitoring Equipment with Optimized Sampling, Filtering, and Time-Response Characteristics (6341 downloads ) James RichardsCFV Solar Laboratory
Advanced PV performance analysis on modules and power plants using cloud-based processing (12636 downloads ) Juergen SutterluetiGantner Instruments
Performance evaluation of PV power predictive models for real-time monitoring (6170 downloads ) Marios TheristisUniversity of Cyprus
How Monitoring Services of Distributed Solar PV Production Benefits from Machine Learning (10530 downloads ) Daniel LassahnMeteocontrol

7. Open Source Software Updates

captest - Open Source package for Reproducible Performance Testing (11183 downloads ) Ben Taylor & Jessica ForbessExyte Energy & Sunshine Analytics
PVFree! - NREL-SAM Component Database, PVLIB API, and Interactive PV Modeling Tutorial (6099 downloads ) Mark Mikofski
Open Software for Solar Power: Update (10439 downloads ) Daniel Riley and Cliff HansenSandia National Laboratories

Poster Presentations

Look Mom, No MET Station! (11114 downloads ) Mark CampanelliIntelligent Measurement Systems
Improved PV System Modeling with ML-Based Power Model: Case Study of a Commercial Building (10460 downloads ) Agata SwiercClean Power Research
Towards Predicting Site Annualized Probabilistic Performance Ratios Using the KWh Analytics Database (6199 downloads ) Victor GarciaKWh Analytics
Impact of Satellite-Based Solar Resource Models (SRM) on Utility Scale PV System Design and Project Economics (10258 downloads ) Brandon LiangEDP Renewables
Standards and Best Practices for Solar Measurements (6086 downloads ) Manajit SenguptaNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
Development and Comparative Performance of Clear-Sky and All-Sky Soiling Data Filters (10517 downloads ) Justin Robinson  & Julie ChardGroundWork Renewables
Solar Guardian Photovoltaic Connector (6083 downloads ) Kenny BlemelMSI
Development of Automated Methods to Determine the Quality of Long-term PV Data Sets (10433 downloads ) Matthew MullerNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
Predicting the Effect of Short-Term Inverter Saturation on PV Performance Modeling (6250 downloads ) Will HobsSouthern Company
Characterization of Nearly Transparent Films for Use in Soiling Experiments (10173 downloads ) Joseph WaltersUniversity of Central Florida
Changes in IV characteristics of a PV module with interconnects that are failing during cyclic mechanical loading (10518 downloads ) Hubert SeigneurUniversity of Central Florida
Cross-validation of PV Simulation Software (12860 downloads ) Anton DriessePV Performance Labs
Sandia-Performance-Model Quality Tests in Sandia Pecos for Near-Real-Time Detection of Anomalies (6117 downloads ) Kyumin Lee & James RichardsCFV Solar Test Laboratories
Comparison of TPT and Thermally Conductive Backsheets in PV Modules (10325 downloads ) Ashwini PavgiArizona State University
Albedo Data to Facilitate Bifacial PV System Planning (10862 downloads ) Bill MarionNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
On-Site Solar Measurements for Bifacial Projects (10469 downloads ) Peter JohnsonUL
Sensitivity of Modelled Bifacial PV Module Gain to Albedo Granularity Levels (6222 downloads ) Daniel PowellRecurrent Energy
Inventory of PV Performance Modeling Software (10410 downloads ) Nick RiedelTechnical University of Denmark
Development of Low-Cost, Crack-Tolerant Metallization Using Screen Printing (10326 downloads ) Andre ChavezOsazada Energy & UNM

Slide Questions:

2019 PV Systems Symposium Slide Questions (10386 downloads )