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Albedo effects on PV yields
Richard MeyerISES Webinar November 20th 2018
Questions this presentation wants to answer
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1. What is surface albedo? 2. How albedo affects solar yield? 3. Main aspects to consider concerning albedo & PV
What is the meaning of albedo?
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Albedo from Latin meaning “whiteness”
The albedo ! of a surface is the fraction of the incident sunlight that the surface reflects.
Ratio of the total upwelling radiative flux "#to the downwelling solar flux "$
Simple view: isotropic reflection = same in all directions.
Complex analysis: actually surface reflects differently in various directions:Bi-Directional Reflectance Functions (BDRF)
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Source: GIS stackexchange
How to measure albedo on the ground?
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Albedometer using 2 pyranometers(Hukseflux SRA20 high quality albedometer)
source: Kipp & Zonen source: Hukseflux
How to measure albedo on the ground?
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Albedometer using photodiode sensorsAlbedometer using 2 pyranometers(Hukseflux SRA20 high quality albedometer)
source: Hukseflux source: Suntrace
Global irradiance on the tilted surface (GTI) of PV modules
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GTI or Plane of Array (POA) irradiance
is calculated from Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI), Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI), terrain albedo, and instantaneous sun position.
GTI = f (GHI, DNI, SE, SA, Albedo)
© B. Duffie et al. (2013)
Calculations for Global Horiontal Irradiance GHI = 1000 W/m² & Diffuse Horizontal DHI= 200 W/m², solar zenith angle !" = $%°
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Typical values of surface albedo
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The reflectance properties are highly variable for different surfaces. Albedo values can largely vary from site to site
Some examples:
Natural surface types
Typical albedo values
Forest 5% – 15%
Grassland 10% – 25%
Sand 15% – 40%
Snow 50% – 95%
Water 5% – 12%
Surface albedo can have signifcant seasonal variability
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source: Zhang et al. (2010)
Practical issues of ground measured albedo
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source: Google Earth
Practical issues of albedo ground measurements
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• For representative measurements, installation heights of >> 10 meters recommended. But leads to difficulties with installation & regular cleaning!
• Surface can be quite heterogenous within one PV lot covering many km2
• Disturbing objects can influence the measurement result
• You cannot measure back into time!
Satellite-derived albedo can build on long archivesand covers all sites on Earth
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© Suntrace 2018 MODIS MCD43A3© Suntrace 2018 MODIS MCD43A3
How does albedo affect PV yield?
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GTI is enhanced by high ground albedo
Þ higher yields also for conventional PV (without gains from backside)
Bifacial modules taking advantage of harvesting the also illuminated backside. Þ may lead to much stronger effects.
© Suntrace 2018
Which software tools calculate albedo effects?
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Most PV performance simulation tools consider enhanced GTI through albedo since long
Effects on bifacial modules are new for many: • SAM updated last week to consider also bifacial modules.• PVSOL updated recently for bifacial modules. • pvlib has a basic code, which is under improvement. • PVSyst has been offering bifacial module services for quite some time now.
All these tools only consider isotropic albedo – none BDRF. But this shortcoming is sufficient for most PV applications.
The following case studies are based on simulations using PVSyst.
Annual Energy Production (AEP) of various PV technologiessignifcantly increases with higher albedo
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Gain of AEP per % albedo: ΔAEP/Δα
Example 50 MW AC plant in TunesiaAC/DC = 1.3
Albedo Range
Thin Film Poly-SI BifacialPoly-SI
0-10% 8.4 MWh/% 8.5 MWh/% 314 MWh/%
10-20% 8.4 MWh/% 8.5 MWh/% 294 MWh/%
20-30% 8.4 MWh/% 8.5 MWh/% 272 MWh/%© Suntrace 2018
Bifacial modules quite sensitive on tilt angle
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Optimization of PV layouts should consider tilt angles together with row distance!
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Bifacial layouts show optimum at slightly higher tilt than monofacial.
Example for strong albedo differences in Namibia
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Source: Google Earth
Example for strong albedo differences in Namibia
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©Suntrace source : MODIS MCD43A3
Albedo differences withinarea of 25 km x 25 km around PV site:• Mean: 14.7%• Max: 22.4%• Min: 10.7%
• Spread: 11.7%
Albedo at PV-site: 19.0%
Translated for the case in Tunisia & albedo increase of only 10%
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Albedo increase of 10% for the 50 MW AC plant with bifacial poly-Si modulesÞ additional yield may reach almost +3%.Þ +161 kUSD additional yield each year assuming 55 USD/MWh!
Main apects to consider for albedo & PV
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• Albedo of the ground depends strongly on soil type, and vegetation: • One site can be more favourable than the other, and • within one lot there might be substantially brighter and darker regions:
might earn >100 kUSD per year for a 50 MW plant when placing bifacial in bright regions.
• Ground albedo at a site varies temporally: • changes with soil moisture – even more throughout the vegetation period.
• can change strongly at a PV site due to land change with erecting the PV plant!
• Albedo tricky to measure on the ground, not easy also from satellite.• Albedo generally increases the diffuse radiation component => favourable for PV
• High albedo shows some positive effect on conventional PV modules.• Albedo increase has a strong gain for bifacial modules
• Suntrace measures albedo with HelioScale solar measurement stations, combines it with satellite-derived albedo in advanced solar resource assessments, and provides PV yield assessments & techno-economic optimization considering albedo.
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back up slides
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Instrument options offered with Suntrace HelioScale stations
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Type 2 x Si-photodiodes
2 x moderate qual.thermopile
2 x high qualitythermopilepyranometer
ISO 9060:1990 First Class Secondary StandardUncertainty 5 % 3 % 1.5%Broadband uncertainty
7% 4.2% 2.2%
Estimated PV-specific albedouncertainty
4% 5 % 3 %
© Suntrace, 2018 preliminary results
Fixed PV parks profit more by bifacial modules
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Impact of height of PV panels on energy production
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