15th PV Performance Modeling Workshop
Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Day 1: Tuesday August 23, 2022
| Keynote Talk: 2021 PVPMC Modeling Comparison (Pending peer-reviewed publication) | Marios Theristis | Sandia National Laboratories |
1. Solar Resource Data and Modeling
| The Importance of Data Quality for Reducing the Uncertainty of Site-Adapted Solar Resource Datasets (7549 downloads ) | Patrick Keelin | Clean Power Research |
| The National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB): Recent Updates, New Developments and Status in 2022 (7421 downloads ) | Manajit Sengupta | NREL |
| Solar ground measurements processing by automatic and manual tools (7339 downloads ) | Jozef Dudzak | Solargis |
| Worldwide Benchmark of Modeled Solar Surface Irradiance (7515 downloads ) | Adam Jensen | Technical University of Denmark |
2. Submodel Development
| The “Fresnel Equations” for Diffuse radiation on Inclined photovoltaic Surfaces (FEDIS) (7861 downloads ) | Yu Xie | NREL | |
| Improved Heat Transfer Correlation for Large Scale Solar PV Convection Modeling (13211 downloads ) | Raul Bayoan Cal | Portland State University | |
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The Influence of System-Level Design Elements on Convective Cooling in PV Solar Farms (7593 downloads )
(Pending peer-reviewed publication) | Brooke Stanislawski | NREL | |
| Modeling Electrical Shading Effects in PVsyst (13240 downloads ) | Michele Oliosi | PVsyst | Recording link |
3. Posters


4. Modeling Tools and Software Updates (Part 1)
| PV Performance Modeling with PVfit: Workflows that balance cost, complexity, and accuracy (3153 downloads ) | Mark Campanelli | Intelligent Measurement Systems LLC | Recording link |
| pvlib python 2022 Update (7446 downloads ) | Kevin Anderson | NREL | Recording link |
| Solecito: A Software Library for the Detailed Simulation of Photovoltaic Arrays (7357 downloads ) | Martin Herrerias Azcue | University of Stuttgart | Recording link |
5. Modeling Tools and Software Updates (Part 2)
| Automating the Solar Resource and Production Assessment (12790 downloads ) | Annalise Miller | Avangrid Renewables | Recording link |
| Updates and Improvements in the Latest PVsyst Versions (7385 downloads ) | Bruno Wittmer | PVsyst | Recording link |
| Recent and Planned Improvements to the System Advisor Model (SAM) (7255 downloads ) | Janine Keith | NREL | Recording link |
| DALY Next Generation Solar + Storage Modeling Software (13180 downloads ) | Josh Wirth | Daly Energy | Recording link |

Day 2: Wednesday August 24, 2022
6. PV Tracking and Snow
| Approaches to Sky Image Based Single Axis Tracker Algorithms (13230 downloads ) | Ben Pierce | Sandia National Laboratories | Recording link |
| Performance Modeling and Analysis of Terrain-Following Single-Axis Tracking PV Systems (7389 downloads ) | Amir Asgharzadeh Shishavan | Nextracker | Recording link |
| Bifacial Benefits in Snowy Conditions: Single Axis Tracking Field Observations in Modeling (12821 downloads ) | Sara MacAlpine | juwi | Recording link |
| Validation of Industry Snow Losses (7367 downloads ) | Halley Darling | UL | Recording link |
| Evaluating Energy Gains on Intelligent Tracker Control Algorithms with Alternating A-B Tests (13108 downloads ) | John Moseley | Array Technologies | Recording link |
7. PV Data Analysis and Analytics
| Orange Button: Accelerating PV Capabilities by Facilitating Data Exchange (11485 downloads ) | Cliff Hansen | Sandia National Laboratories | Recording link |
| PVAnalytics: A Python Package for Automated Processing of Solar Time Series Data (7407 downloads ) | Kirsten Perry | NREL | Recording link |
| Advanced system monitoring and artificial intelligent data-driven analytics to serve GW-scale photovoltaic power plant and energy storage requirements (13148 downloads ) | Juergen Sutterlueti | Gantner Instruments | Recording link |
| Large-Scale PV Plant Performance Benchmarking (13406 downloads ) | Wayne Li | EPRI | Recording link |
| Soiling Measurement Data Processing to Support Production Loss Prediction (7508 downloads ) | Julie Chard | GroundWork Renewables | Recording link |

8. Bifacial PV
