8-Month Performance of Thin Film Technologies during Their First Year at Bolzano Airport Test Installation - Italy
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Nikolaeva-Dimitrova, M.; Fanni, L.; Sparber, W.
- Source
- Subject
- Large PV Power Plants and Distributed PV: System Aspects and Grid Connection
PV Systems
- Language
- English
26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 4265-4268
This paper presents monitoring results over a 8-month period of time for different thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technologies installed at the multi-technology rack-mounted PV test field at the Airport of Bolzano Dolomiti (ABD) in the Italian Alps. In the evaluation, different technologies were cross-compared: amorphous silicon (a-Si), copper indium gallium diselenide (CIS/CIGS) and micromorph silicon (a-Si/μ-Si). The various thin-film technologies were compared according to their performance ratio. Additionally the modules behavior were compared with those of the best crystalline Si (c-Si) in the field. The presented results refers to DC values. The PV modules were evaluated in relation to meteorological data registered on-site.