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Large grid-connected photovoltaic power plants

Best practices for the design and operation of large photovoltaic power plants

A. Woyte; S. Goy    3E, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

The chapter is focussed on large photovoltaic (PV) power plants. The authors show that the best-performing PV plants today excel over the medium-tier ones thanks to the quality and reliability of the components used, the plant design, the quality of the installation, and the owners’ operation and maintenance policies. The main factors that dominate the performance of a PV power plant during regular operation are reviewed and possibilities to control them are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the selection and sizing of the main components. The commissioning ...

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