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Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol.75, No.3-4, 781-786, 2003
Tilt angle dependence of output power in an 80 kWp hybrid PV system installed at Shiga in Japan
One-year field experience of an 80 kW PV system on a rooftop of the ROHM Memorial VLSI Research Center at the Ritsumeikan University is reported. All kinds of live technology available materials, c-Si, poly Si and a-Si solar cells are installed on the three tilt angles of 26.5degrees south, horizontal and north 26.5degrees. Systematic PV performances have been measured from the beginning of June 2000 to the end of May 2001. Measurements were made mainly on DC output power from four kinds of PV arrays; c-Si south side, a-Si of horizontal and poly Si, a-Si north side. It has been shown from analyses of monthly data on each material that almost 70% of with that in the south side in the annual average. In summer a-Si module yields the maximum output power normalized to 1 kWp. On the contrary c-Si module shows larger output in winter. Some other unique results are demonstrated and discussed. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords:hybrid PV system;monthly output energy;poly Si and c-Si-based PV array performance;the path of the sun;scattered sun light;temperature dependence of cell efficiency