Project results will be tested in demonstration sites in the markets of primary importance for European PV producers:
At the same time, testing will be performed in three different climatic regions of extreme conditions:
A site at Vilnius (Lithuania) and a site at Norway are selected for this test. The aim of this task is to evaluate module innovations developed in this project under cold and snowy environment typical of northern part of Europe. The following systems will be installed and instrumented:
- SOLITEK: 3 systems: standard monofacial on rack, standard bifacial, innovation bifacial on rack.
- APOLLON: 1 system: innovation bifacial on rack.
- FLISOM: 2 systems: monofacial CIGS flexible reference on rack, monofacial GIGS flexibe innovation on rack.
To be able to evaluate the achieved performance improvement, standard systems will be installed both using monofacial and bifacial panels made by SOLITEK and flexible CIGS monofacial made by FLISOM.
The following measurement will be made: Temperature, Humidity, Solar irradiation (direct, diffuse), Electro luminescence, Temperature mapping.
AYESA operates a 1 MW solar PV power plant in the neighbourhood of Sevilla. The overall environment is hot and humid. In addition, AYESA headquarter in Sevilla will be used for roof-integrated systems using FLISOM innovative modules.
In total 6 systems will be installed in Sevilla as follow:
- SOLITEK: 3 systems: standard monofacial on rack, standard bifacial, innovation bifacial on rack.
- APOLLON: 1 system: innovation bifacial on rack.
- FLISOM: 2 systems: monofacial CIGS flexibe reference on rack, monofacial GIGS flexibe innovation on rack.
The same methodology of instrumentation selected for the Temperate climate will be used in this site to be able to be obtain comparable results.
A site located in the Southern of Tunisia in the middle of the Sahara is selected for this test. Temperatures are exceeding 40 °C in summer and high soiling is observed due to the sand from the Sahara. Another site will be located in Morocco.
The following systems will be installed and instrumented:
- SOLITEK: 3 systems: standard monofacial on rack, standard bifacial, innovation bifacial on rack.
- APOLLON: 1 system: innovation bifacial on rack.
- FLISOM: 2 systems: monofacial CIGS flexible reference on rack, monofacial GIGS flexibe innovation on rack.
The same methodology of instrumentation selected for the Temperate climate will be used in this site to be able to be obtain comparable results.
