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22nd IEA PVPS Task 13 Meeting, October 2019, Chile
Technical tour of the IEA PVPS Task 13 people visiting Atamos-Tec in the Atacama desert, near Antofagasta, Chile.
Copyright: Bernhard Kubicek (AIT)
Vertically installed bifacial photovoltaic modules as a rainscreen, Neuchâtel
Photovoltaic fassade installation using photovoltaic modules with bifacial cells, wide gap between the cells and thin (smart) wire interconnects. See also Report T13-13:2021 "Designing New Materials for Photovoltaics: Opportunities for Lowering Cost and Increasing Performance through Advanced Material Innovations" and Report IEA-PVPS T13-14:2021 "Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules and Systems: Experience and Results from International Research and Pilot Applications". Download-Link: https://iea-pvps.org/research-tasks/performance-operation-and-reliability-of-photovoltaic-systems/.
Copyright: Karl Berger (AIT)
Photovoltaic system installation in the Alps
At a photovoltaic system in the Alps having two different types of glass-backsheet modules, one type shows after a few years cracks at the backsheets outer layer, while the others are free of failures. See Report T13-24:2021 „Qualification of Photovoltaic (PV) Power Plants using Mobile Test Equipment“ and Report IEA-PVPS-T13-25:2022 "Guidelines for Operation and Maintenance of Photovoltaic Power Plants in Different Climates". Download at: https://iea-pvps.org/research-tasks/performance-operation-and-reliability-of-photovoltaic-systems/.
Copyright: Gabriele Eder (OFI)
On-site inspection of photovoltaic modules
Left hand side: Hand-held devices can be used to get insight in polymer materials composition and degradation processes. Right hand side: Module backsheet with multiple parallel cracks of the outer layer. See Report T13-24:2021 „Qualification of Photovoltaic (PV) Power Plants using Mobile Test Equipment“ and Report T13-13:2021 "Designing New Materials for Photovoltaics: Opportunities for Lowering Cost and Increasing Performance through Advanced Material Innovations". Download-Link: https://iea-pvps.org/research-tasks/performance-operation-and-reliability-of-photovoltaic-systems/
Copyright: Gernot Oreski (PCCL)
IEA-PVPS Task Grid Integration workshop in Tokyo, Japan
International Experts from Task 14 and Experts from the Japanese electricity sector and research attending the NEDO/Task 14 workshop in November 2022
Copyright: IEA-PVPS Task 14 - NEDO
Tailem Bend Solar Power Farm, South Australia
187 MW Solar Power Farm in Tailum Bend, South Australia
Copyright: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Development path of photovoltaics in the future Smart Grid
As part of the international cooperation in Task 14, an overview of current demonstration projects of communication and control concepts with a focus on ICT-related aspects of smart grid integration of photovoltaics was compiled. Based on these experiences, a universal development path was outlined, which describes the possible integration of photovoltaics into a future Smart Grid and the transition from a purely passive role to an active integration into grid control and energy markets.
Copyright: IEA-PVPS Task 14
Austrian Activities Worldwide
Visualisation of Austrian cooperations in context of TCP tasks and annexes. Available in german language at https://nachhaltigwirtschaften.at/de/iea/visualisierungen/weltweite-kooperationen.php
Copyright: Austrian Energy Agency
Graph Datastructure
Graphbased datastructure of the open access IEA-TCP dataset.
Copyright: Austrian Energy Agency
Visualisation of TCPs
After selecting a topic (in this example "Electricity transmission and distribution" was selected), this graph shows all tasks (activities) focussing on the selected topic. The topics are structured according to the IEA energy RD&D budget/expenditure statistics. Additionally, you can see the related Technology Collaboration Programmes (TCPs). Activities which had been ongoing in Summer 2020 from all IEA-TCPs are covered in this analysis. You can re-arrange the different bubbles to better meet the needs of your analysis. If a TCP consists of more than one task (activity), it also contains one entry in the database labelled “ExCo-Activities”. Available at https://nachhaltigwirtschaften.at/en/iea/visualisations/tcps-focussing-on-a-topic.php
Copyright: Austrian Energy Agency
Methods
Set of methods to classify the type of activity of TCP Tasks and Annexes.
Copyright: Austrian Energy Agency
Daily performance ratio of the testmodules (temperature corrected)
Plot from the daily Performance ratio coefficients of the round robin tests ring
Copyright: Task15 Konsortium
PVPS Task 1
Group Picture at the PVPS Task 1 - Meeting in Montreux, Switzerland
Copyright: PVPS Task 1
Countries with highest PV penetration 2020 - worldwide
Countries with highest PV penetration 2020 - 5% of the world electricity is 2020 covered by PV
Copyright: IEA PVPS
Combination of Methods used by TCP-Activities
A set of methods was developed to categorize the kind of project work that is done in the activities. The figure shows which methods are applied how often in total (node size), and which methods were frequently applied together (edge width) by activities. The color corresponds to the different method cate-gories described in chapter.
Copyright: Österreichische Energieagentur, 2018
IEA-Topics, Related Activities and Working Parties
IEA-topics on level 1 (orange, node size corresponds to the official RD&D budget 2015) and TCP-activities (non-orange nodes) and related TCP-working parties (see color code in legend).
Copyright: Österreichische Energieagentur, 2018
Participation of countries in IEA Technology Collaboration Programmes and Related Research Topics
Absolute (upper chart) and relative (lower chart) number of TCP-activities that countries are participating in. The color code shows how the assigned activities are related to the IEA-Topics and how the countries set their priorities with regard to the research topics (based on the IEA RD&D taxonomy).
Copyright: Österreichische Energieagentur, 2018
International cooperations of Austria in context of TCP activities.
Worldmap of Austrias cooperations with other countries in context of the IEA Technology Collaboration Program reasearch activities. Line thickness indicates the number of cooperations.
Copyright: Österreichische Energieagentur 2018
IEA-PVPS Task 1 Expert Group in front of the Norwegian PV-Wafer production NorSun
The IEA-PVPS Task 1 Expert Group during the technical visit in front of the Nor Sun wafer factory building in Ardalstangen/Norway. Due to strong Chinese competition in PV wafer production, this plant had to be shut down in 2023; as part of the European Net Zero Industry Act, it should be possible to resume production.
Copyright: Fechner
PV Facade, Innovametall
PV Facade, Innovametall company, Freistadt, Upper-Austria
