Featured in Let's talk about US – 12-2013

Same but different

Performance metrics in India: Performance ratio or capacity utilization factor – which provides better insights into the performance of a solar PV system? Europe prefers the performance ratio, and India favors CUF. Sebastian Dürr, cofounder and director of REACH Solar Consulting, describes the different viewpoints in India and Europe and the pros and cons of the different approaches.

Whenever we talk with green technology investors from outside India, the first question asked is: How well do PV power plants in India really perform? What makes it difficult for investors to understand the generation data of solar farms in India is the fact that the performance of a power plant is evaluated by its …

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