Featured in Time for microgrids to go macro? – 11-2019

Model progress

While it has often been referred to as “the future of PV” in recent years, discussions surrounding bifacial technology are now very much in the present. Modules are beginning to roll off production lines in significant numbers, and industry players are boasting of gigawatts of bifacial projects that are already installed or in the late stages of development. But it’s still early days for the technology, and there are questions to answer for it to achieve its full potential. pv magazine investigates the modeling and optimization of bifacial PV’s performance.

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Mark Hutchins

12 Nov 2019

Image: Dennis Schroeder/NREL

Recent developments suggest that the industry is in the midst of a major shift toward bifacial technology, with two-sided modules on display at virtually every trade show booth, and major announcements promising gigawatt-scale production from Longi Solar, Canadian Solar, and Jolywood; to name but a few.On the installation side, tracker suppliers Soltec and Nextracker both …

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