05 Knowledge & publications

Technical knowledge, documented.

Technical knowledge — grounded in our own analyses. Available to read.

Selected technical papers document our own analyses of yield, data quality, shading and simulation. Further presentations and posters are available in the publication archive.

01 Selected

Technical papers & own analyses

A small selection from our technical archive. The publications show how SolPEG investigates and documents technical questions relating to yield, data quality, shading and simulation.

Poster preview: quality standard for photovoltaic yield assessments
2015 · PV Symposium Bad Staffelstein

Quality standard for photovoltaic yield assessments

Requirements for site assessment, meteorological input data, system modelling, loss assumptions, uncertainty and transparent presentation of results.

André Schumann · Kai Barke

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Poster preview: wind conditions and module temperatures
2012 · Technical poster

Wind conditions in ground-mounted PV plants & module temperatures

Investigation of the influence of site-specific wind conditions on module temperature, temperature losses and the accuracy of yield simulations.

André Schumann · Julia Dittberner

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Poster preview: yield analysis and Performance Ratio guarantees
2012 · Technical poster

Yield analysis & implications for Performance Ratio guarantees

On the dependence of the Performance Ratio on weather and environmental conditions and the comparability of measured PR values with long-term yield forecasts.

Martin John · Moritz Glossat · André Schumann

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Poster preview: measurement and PVsyst simulation of shading losses
2011 · PV Symposium Bad Staffelstein

Measurement & PVSyst simulation of shading losses

Comparison of measured values and different PVsyst approaches for realistic modelling of shading.

Slawomir Zacharias · André Schumann

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Further posters, presentations and publications are collected in the static publication archive — without filters, organised by topic and year.

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