Light Transmissivity Through Snow-Shaded Photovoltaic Panels
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-15-2024
Department
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Abstract
Measuring and predicting light transmittance through the snow that accumulates on photovoltaic (PV) panels, is a complex challenge and difficult to generalize based on the number contributing variables, which range from snow's shifting optical qualities to multiple meteorological measurements. As a result, the reflectivity of snow is much better quantified than its light absorption. Yet light transmittance through snow does occur and at levels sufficient to generate current in a PV module. This paper is a preliminary attempt to set boundary conditions for light transmittance through snow that has accumulated on PV modules, data that is increasingly important given the rapid growth of solar capacity in northern regions.
Publication Title
Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISBN
[9781665464260]
Recommended Citation
Burnham, L.,
Jost, N.,
Riley, D.,
&
Dice, P.
(2024).
Light Transmissivity Through Snow-Shaded Photovoltaic Panels.
Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1510-1513.
http://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC57443.2024.10749093
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