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Long-Term Durability of Solar Photovoltaic Modules
Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels experience long-term performance degradation resulting in lower like-per-like efficiencies and performance ratios when compared with their initial performance. Manufacturers of solar photovoltaic modules usually guarantee the life span for more than 20 years. It is therefore necessary to track and mitigate degradation of PV modules over this period to satisfy such guarantees and beyond this period to identify maintenance and repair requirements. Degradation of solar PV modules makes them less efficient, less reliable and, ultimately, inoperative. This paper reviews relevant literature to discuss:
Causes of efficiency reductions in photovoltaic cells
Ways to achieve long-term durability of solar photovoltaic modules
How viability of solar photovoltaic modules is affected by degradation
The remedies to solar photovoltaic (PV) degradation
Long-Term Durability of Solar Photovoltaic Modules
Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels experience long-term performance degradation resulting in lower like-per-like efficiencies and performance ratios when compared with their initial performance. Manufacturers of solar photovoltaic modules usually guarantee the life span for more than 20 years. It is therefore necessary to track and mitigate degradation of PV modules over this period to satisfy such guarantees and beyond this period to identify maintenance and repair requirements. Degradation of solar PV modules makes them less efficient, less reliable and, ultimately, inoperative. This paper reviews relevant literature to discuss:
Causes of efficiency reductions in photovoltaic cells
Ways to achieve long-term durability of solar photovoltaic modules
How viability of solar photovoltaic modules is affected by degradation
The remedies to solar photovoltaic (PV) degradation
Long-Term Durability of Solar Photovoltaic Modules
Scott, Lloyd (editor) / Dastbaz, Mohammad (editor) / Gorse, Christopher (editor) / Okorieimoh, Chibuisi Chinasaokwu (author) / Norton, Brian (author) / Conlon, Michael (author)
Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design ; Chapter: 24 ; 317-325
2020-06-30
9 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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