Quantifying the impacts of cell cracking in the field
This pv magazine Webinar will investigate the prevalence of cracking and its impacts on plant performance, with data gathered from a wide range of crystalline silicon modules already installed and in operation, and examine how First Solar’s thin-film modules present a very different scenario when it comes to the risk of cracking. Join the discussion with our four experts!
Striving for highest cost-efficiency of bifacial tracker arrays & considerations for bifacial bankability
Join this pv magazine Webinar to learn more about how to optimize key parameters and when to use Albedo enhancing materials to receive the highest cost-efficiency of bifacial tracker arrays and the bankability of projects.
Integrating bifacial – New system design and bespoke products
Solar arrays comprise dozens of different component types, but only a few will require such drastic changes to the overall system design and materials as bifacial modules. Now the technology has reached a sizable market share it’s time to look at how the industry has reacted to the trend. Join this webinar together with four experts from market analysis and upstream business to discuss the impacts of the advent of bifacial module technology!
Balancing cost and efficiency for a guaranteed LCOE reduction
In recent years, the industry has been chasing higher and higher efficiency, and lower production costs. However, with current cell technologies, efficiency-boosting innovations are increasingly hard to come by. Join this pv magazine Webinar to learn how to balance efficiency and cost as well as improve energy yield at system level.
500 W and beyond – How a higher power rating can reduce system cost and LCOE
What does it mean for future projects when the output of modules continuously increases, even exceeding the threshold of 500 watts per module? Join this pv magazine Webinar with Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy and Trina Solar to find out.
Casos de éxito de la tecnología bifacial
Durante un seminario web enteramente dedicado a paneles con tecnología bifacial, discutiremos con el fabricante Jinko sobre su nueva generación de módulos y aplicaciones prácticas.
Bifacial Modules with transparent backsheet – performance & reliability
In this pv magazine Webinar we will discuss durability testing results for transparent backsheets and bifacial reliability data. We will be joined by Mohamed Saady, JinkoSolar, who will discuss the requirements for bifacial modules in detail. Our second guest, Tristan Erion-Lorico, PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), will present durability testing results for transparent backsheets and bifacial reliability data from PVEL’s Product Qualification Program.
Cracking the case: quantifying the impact of cell cracking
Whether microscopic or visible to the eye, cracked PV cells can impact module power output, and worsen over time. But to what extent do they undermine system-level power output and is it possible to effectively mitigate cell cracking in all cases and conditions?
During this pv magazine webinar, in partnership with First Solar, we will investigate the extent to which cracked cells impact on power output, and what are the predominate causes of such cracking.
View-factor vs. ray tracing – which bifacial modelling techniques should you use?
Our webinar partner, Soltec, has logged in 12 months of testing in its Bifacial Tracker Evaluation Center and will share some of the key findings in this webinar. Aside from news about AC/DC-ratio practices, also joining the webinar is NREL’s Bifacial PV Analyst, Silvana Ayala, who will provide her insights into the two methodologies to calculate rear-side irradiance.
Optimizing bifacial gain and balancing investment costs
There is a difference between maximizing bifacial gain, and cost effectively optimizing a bifacial pv system, which means balancing increased investment costs and energy yield payback. It’s often claimed that bifacial technology can deliver energy yield gains of 20% or more, but where is the line between this potential and the added investment cost required for bifacial optimizations? In the first part of this upcoming webinar, Bruno Wittmer, chief development engineer at PVSyst, will show us how bifacial gain can be maximized through insight gained from system simulations in PVSyst.
