Methodology for estimating building integrated photovoltaics electricity production under shadowing conditions and case study

Masa Bote, Daniel and Caamaño Martín, Estefanía (2014). Methodology for estimating building integrated photovoltaics electricity production under shadowing conditions and case study. "Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews", v. 31 ; pp. 492-500. ISSN 1364-0321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2013.12.019.

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Title: Methodology for estimating building integrated photovoltaics electricity production under shadowing conditions and case study
Author/s:
  • Masa Bote, Daniel
  • Caamaño Martín, Estefanía
Item Type: Article
Título de Revista/Publicación: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Date: March 2014
ISSN: 1364-0321
Volume: 31
Subjects:
Freetext Keywords: BIPV; Shading; System performance
Faculty: Instituto de Energía Solar (IES) (UPM)
Department: Electrónica Física
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems are a relevant application of photovoltaics. In countries belonging to the International Energy Agency countries, 24% of total installed PV power corresponds to BIPV systems. Electricity losses caused by shadows over the PV generator have a significant impact on the performance of BIPV systems, being the major source of electricity losses. This paper presents a methodology to estimate electricity produced by BIPV systems which incorporates a model for shading losses. The proposed methodology has been validated on a one year study with real data from two similar PV systems placed on the south façade of a building belonging to the Technical University of Madrid. This study has covered all weather conditions: clear, partially overcast and fully overcast sky. Results of this study are shown at different time scales, resulting that the errors committed by the best performing model are below 1% and 3% in annual and daily electricity estimation. The use of models which account for the reduced performance at low irradiance levels also improves the estimation of generated electricity.

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Government of Spain
ENE2007-66135
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Item ID: 35591
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/35591/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:35591
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.12.019
Official URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 02 Dec 2015 17:41
Last Modified: 16 May 2019 11:54
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