PowerGuard Advanced Manufacturing, PVMaT Phase II Technical Progress Report; 1 July 1999--30 September 2000 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title PowerGuard Advanced Manufacturing, PVMaT Phase II Technical Progress Report; 1 July 1999--30 September 2000

Creator

  • Author: Dinwoodie, T. L.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Botkin, J.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
    Contributor Type: Organization
  • Sponsor: USDOE Office of Photovoltaic and Wind Technologies (EE-11) (United States)
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
    Place of Publication: Golden, Colorado
    Additional Info: National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)

Date

  • Creation: 2001-06-05

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This project introduced incremental improvements to PowerGuard system components and manufacturing processes to significantly reduce the costs of a PowerGuard system. The improvement resulted in a lower cost, higher impact PV product. During Phase II, these accomplishments have resulted in: A production rate of greater than 400 PowerGuard tiles per shift (20 MW/year) manufacturing capacity; 57% cost reduction for PowerGuard tile; UL listing for four additional PowerGuard tiles configurations; Improved quality of finished goods due to improved tooling and processes in manufacturing, simultaneously improving throughput and lowering cost of $3.80Wp for large systems. In Phase III of this contract, PowerLight will continue efforts to improve the manufacturing processes for PowerGuard. Specific performance objectives during phase III are as follows: Demonstrate system cost reduction from $3.80/Wp to $3.05/Wp for large systems; Establish or assess the performance of dedicated PowerGuard PV module plant capacity of 2 MW per year; Complete wind tunnel testing of all design refinements; Produce an installation manual and training program for installing PowerGuard systems; Establish performance of manufacturing modifications based on assessment of commercial systems which incorporate the new features and processes; and Finalize UL, International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), and international listings of PowerGuard improvements. These are expected to result in a lower cost, higher impact PV product, as sought by this program.
  • Physical Description: vp.

Subject

  • Keyword: Pv
  • STI Subject Categories: 36 Materials Science
  • Keyword: Progress Report
  • Keyword: Pv System
  • Keyword: Manufacturing
  • Keyword: Modifications
  • Keyword: Training
  • Keyword: Flat Tile
  • Keyword: Wind Tunnels Pv
  • STI Subject Categories: 42 Engineering
  • Keyword: Components And Manufacturing Process
  • STI Subject Categories: 14 Solar Energy
  • Keyword: Testing
  • Keyword: Design
  • Keyword: Amorphous Silicon
  • Keyword: Capacity
  • Keyword: Advanced Packaging
  • Keyword: Sloped Tile
  • Keyword: Production
  • Keyword: Crystalline Silicon
  • Keyword: Performance
  • Keyword: Powerguard System

Source

  • Other Information: PBD: 5 Jun 2001

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Report No.: NREL/SR-520-30247
  • Grant Number: AC36-99GO10337
  • DOI: 10.2172/783440
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 783440
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc717422
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