A comprehensive review of a decade of field PV soiling assessment in QEERI's outdoor test facility in Qatar: Learned lessons and recommendations

B Aïssa, RJ Isaifan, BW Figgis, AA Abdallah, D Bachour… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soiling of photovoltaic (PV) modules is a major issue due to its critical impact on PV
performance and reliability, especially in the desert and arid regions such as the state of …

Accuracy of simulated data for bifacial systems with varying tilt angles and share of diffuse radiation

H Nussbaumer, G Janssen, D Berrian, B Wittmer… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Potential investors in bifacial PV systems are still deterred by the uncertainty of energy yield
predictions. Validation of the prediction methods and establishing an accuracy range is …

Investigation of Bifacial PV modules degradation under desert climatic conditions

O Albadwawi, H Alhamadani, S Hassan… - 2020 47th IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the degradation of commercially available Bifacial PV module installed under
desert climatic conditions for more than four years is investigated. Indoor characterization …

Photostatic soiling in desert environment

B Aïssa, BW Figgis, K Isle - 2023 - IET
This comprehensive review summarizes our experience with our field-measurements key
findings and challenges in addressing soiling research obtained from our last 7 years of …

Comparison of Bifacial Module Measurement Methods with Optically Optimized Bifacial Modules

BK Newman, AJ Carr, MJ Jansen… - 2018 IEEE 7th World …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We characterize four types of bifacial modules with three different methods that have been
proposed by the community. One method approximates rear irradiance with increased front …

Toward the Development of A Desert PV Module for the Moroccan Climate

B Abdellatif, A El Amrani, Z Naimi… - 2020 2nd …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, PV module performance and durability researchers have focused on the PV
aging mechanisms to save module life and reduce LCOE. We present preliminary work …