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Article

Field Performance of South-Facing and East-West Facing Bifacial Modules in the Arctic

by
Christopher Pike
1,*,
Erin Whitney
1,
Michelle Wilber
1 and
Joshua S. Stein
2
1
Alaska Center for Energy and Power, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
2
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Energies 2021, 14(4), 1210; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14041210
Submission received: 12 January 2021 / Revised: 12 February 2021 / Accepted: 18 February 2021 / Published: 23 February 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Increasing the Lifetime of Photovoltaics Systems: Advanced Materials, Monitoring, O&M and Energy Modeling)
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This paper presents the first systematic comparison between south-facing monofacial and bifacial photovoltaic (PV) modules, as well as between south-facing bifacial and vertical east-west facing bifacial PV modules in Alaska. The state’s solar industry, driven by the high price of energy and dropping equipment costs, is quickly growing. The challenges posed by extreme sun angles in Alaska’s northern regions also present opportunities for unique system designs. Annual bifacial gains of 21% were observed between side by side south-facing monofacial and bifacial modules. Vertical east-west bifacial modules had virtually the same annual production as south-facing latitude tilt bifacial modules, but with different energy production profiles.
Keywords: Arctic; Alaska; solar photovoltaics (PV); renewable energy; bifacial PV Arctic; Alaska; solar photovoltaics (PV); renewable energy; bifacial PV

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Pike, C.; Whitney, E.; Wilber, M.; Stein, J.S. Field Performance of South-Facing and East-West Facing Bifacial Modules in the Arctic. Energies 2021, 14, 1210. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14041210

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Pike C, Whitney E, Wilber M, Stein JS. Field Performance of South-Facing and East-West Facing Bifacial Modules in the Arctic. Energies. 2021; 14(4):1210. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14041210

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Pike, Christopher, Erin Whitney, Michelle Wilber, and Joshua S. Stein. 2021. "Field Performance of South-Facing and East-West Facing Bifacial Modules in the Arctic" Energies 14, no. 4: 1210. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14041210

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Pike, C., Whitney, E., Wilber, M., & Stein, J. S. (2021). Field Performance of South-Facing and East-West Facing Bifacial Modules in the Arctic. Energies, 14(4), 1210. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14041210

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