Plug and Play Components for Building-Integrated PV Systems. Phase 1: Final Report, 20 February 2002-19 February 2003

摘要

RWE Schott Solar, Inc. is developing innovative new products to facilitate the broad use of its PV systems in the current markets. This report summarizes the progress made by the company in these developments. This work was conducted under NREL's PV Manufacturing R&D Project, subcontract No. NDO-2-30628-05. The project is a two-phase effort. The first phase consists of development and testing of a novel new flat-roof PV array mounting system, development and UL listing of new PV array source circuit combiner boxes for the company's PV systems, testing and evaluation of fasteners used to secure mounting brackets to residential roofs and the development of a simplified PV system interconnection device for residential applications. Significant progress has been achieved. A major focus of this effort has been the development of the company's new free-standing (FS) system for mounting large PV arrays on flat-roof buildings.