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Geographic Analysis for Determining the Value of Different Photovoltaic Performance Factors

Kumari, Madhuri; Theristis, Marios; Stein, Joshua S.

Geographic analysis of photovoltaic (PV) performance factors across large regions can help relevant stakeholders make informed, and reduced risk decisions. High temporal and spatial resolution meteorological data from the National Solar Radiation Database are used to investigate performance and cost as an effect of varying system characteristics such as the module temperature coefficients, mounting configurations and coatings. The results demonstrated the strong climatic dependence that these characteristics have on annual energy yield whereas the revenues were dominated by the electricity price.