RESULTS FROM THE CALIFORNIA PV TESTING AND EVALUATION PROJECT: A THIRD-PARTY EVALUATION OF CURRENTLY AVAILABLE PV SYSTEMS

摘要

Results are presented for the first six months of operation of the photovoltaic (PV) systems reviewed under the Large Systems portion of the Building Integrated PV Evaluation Project. This project, conducted by BEW Engineering, is providing side-by-side evaluation of commercial PV system and component technologies (www.pierminigrid.org org; details and real-time data are available at http://pierminigrid.showdata.org ; org). The information presented here is based on the second of five publicly-available reports detailing system design and documentation, installation, and performance. The final report, a Consumer Confidence Guideline, will summarize all of this information in a Consumer Reportsstyle format directed at the end user. This type of information is not currently available from any single independent source, and is greatly needed by the Pvbuying public. Though issues arose during the evaluation, our basic conclusion is that PV systems designed and installed properly, and rated appropriately, perform as expected.