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    Photovoltaic system performance is a function of the climatic conditions, the equipment used and the system configuration. PV performance can be measured...
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  • A photovoltaic system, also called a PV system or solar power system, is an electric power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics...
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    A rooftop solar power system, or rooftop PV system, is a photovoltaic (PV) system that has its electricity-generating solar panels mounted on the rooftop...
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    Photovoltaic mounting systems (also called solar module racking) are used to fix solar panels on surfaces like roofs, building facades, or the ground...
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    Concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) (also known as concentrating photovoltaics or concentration photovoltaics) is a photovoltaic technology that generates...
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    downtime from system failure is experienced. IEC has provided a set of monitoring standards called the "Standard for Photovoltaic system performance monitoring"...
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    electrochemistry. The photovoltaic effect is commercially used for electricity generation and as photosensors. A photovoltaic system employs solar modules...
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    Andrews, Rob W.; Pollard, Andrew; Pearce, Joshua M. (2013). "Photovoltaic system performance enhancement with non-tracking planar concentrators: Experimental...
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  • peak power) is the nameplate capacity of photovoltaic (PV) devices, such as solar cells, modules and systems. It is determined by measuring the electric...
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  • Sun-free photovoltaics is a photovoltaics technology which does not require sunlight to produce electricity. This technique was developed by research team...
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    Energy portal List of photovoltaics companies Plasmonic solar cell Net metering Timeline of solar cells Photovoltaic system performance "Best Research-Cell...
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    Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) are photovoltaic materials that are used to replace conventional building materials in parts of the building...
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  • The Open Solar Outdoors Test Field (category Photovoltaics)
    grid-connected test system that continuously monitors the output of many solar photovoltaic modules and correlates their performance to a long list of highly...
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  • agricultural emissions. Soiling affects conventional photovoltaic systems, concentrated photovoltaics, and concentrated solar (thermal) power. However, the...
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    Maximum power point tracking (category Photovoltaics)
    with photovoltaic (PV) solar systems but can also be used with wind turbines, optical power transmission and thermophotovoltaics. PV solar systems have...
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  • concentrator photovoltaics (CPV), uses high-efficient, multi-junction solar cells in combination with optical lenses and a tracking system. Solar cells...
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    Cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaics is a photovoltaic (PV) technology based on the use of cadmium telluride in a thin semiconductor layer designed...
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    concentrated photovoltaic thermal (CPVT) system which is a hybrid combination of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) and photovoltaic thermal (PVT) systems. A Concentrated...
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    photovoltaic power station, also known as a solar park, solar farm, or solar power plant, is a large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic power system (PV...
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    For flat-panel photovoltaic systems, trackers are used to minimize the angle of incidence between the incoming sunlight and a photovoltaic panel, sometimes...
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  • Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) system was developed. This system replaces conventional building materials with photovoltaic modules that not only...
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    Solar cell (redirect from Photovoltaic cell)
    as a photovoltaic cell (PV cell), is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by means of the photovoltaic effect...
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    An organic solar cell (OSC) or plastic solar cell is a type of photovoltaic that uses organic electronics, a branch of electronics that deals with conductive...
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    off-grid electrical network. It is a critical balance of system (BOS)–component in a photovoltaic system, allowing the use of ordinary AC-powered equipment...
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  • effective power and system performance. Because the spectral response of a photovoltaic pyranometer is similar to that of a photovoltaic module, it may also...
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  • lamps – Performance specifications IEC 60903 Live working – Electrical insulating gloves IEC 60904 Photovoltaic devices IEC 60906 IEC system of plugs...
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  • infrastructure. PV modules are used in photovoltaic systems and include a large variety of electrical devices. Photovoltaic arrays are often associated with...
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    Photovoltaic thermal collectors, typically abbreviated as PVT collectors and also known as hybrid solar collectors, photovoltaic thermal solar collectors...
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    C. Ewell (2004). "The performance of gallium arsenide/germanium solar cells at the Martian surface". Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications...
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    Mohammad Javad; Marzban, Ali; Azimi, Neda (2023-03-15). "Performance enhancement of photovoltaic panels integrated with thermoelectric generators and phase...
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