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| New Opportunities in Commercial PV System Design and Development with Module-level Data | ||
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| As module and inverter efficiencies start to peak, solar developers and designers must turn to new tactics to squeeze more energy from new and existing PV installations. Beyond augmenting solar harvest in both sub-optimal and ideal conditions, module-level power optimization allows collection of system performance data at a level of granularity previously unseen. New module-level data collected from more than 15 MW of commercial PV systems installed in real, operating conditions quantify and reveal new points of system performance degradation. Analysis of this unprecedented data set show new opportunities for PV developers, designers and maintenance teams to improve system output and power plant design. | ||
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Speaker: Paul Grana, Director of Marketing for Tigo Energy Paul Grana is the Director of Marketing for Tigo Energy, where he is responsible for all technical marketing and communications. He also oversees the development of Tigo Energy's analytics program. He previously worked for Abound Solar, the CdTe module manufacturer. Paul holds an S.B. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Moderator: MJ Shaio MJ Shiao joined GTM Research as a Solar Analyst following a three month project in Goa, India with Promethean Power Systems as a field engineer implementing and testing solar-powered refrigeration for rural dairy farmers. Prior to Promethean, he worked as a solar design engineer at Solar Design Associates, where he managed and designed building-integrated solar photovoltaic projects ranging from 2 kW to 2 MW. MJ graduated from the University of Delaware with a bachelor's degree with distinction in electrical engineering. |
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