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Proofing to avoid PV pandemonium

With each new module generation, we see more energy generated at lower costs. This trend looks set to accelerate with the development of high-efficiency cells such as TOPCon products. Module performance characteristics, provided by manufacturers in “PAN files,” are improving and it seems that this is only the beginning. While everyone wants to hear that their project is going to perform brilliantly, developers should take a balanced approach to manufacturers’ claims and cross check against sound data to make sure that “Peter-Pan” files do not turn projects into PV pandemonium.

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pv magazine

08 Dec 2022

The same product, tested by different laboratories, may return differing characteristics. The reason for this is the accuracy of the test equipment, which will vary from one test site to another. | Image: PVEL

Researchers put modules through their paces in labs to create PAN files for use in energy yield simulations. The accuracy of these files is quickly improving but discrepancies between those produced by different laboratories show that there is still work to be done.One of the fundamental questions that comes to mind when considering a new …

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