Experimental study on the effect of dust deposition on solar photovoltaic panels in desert environment

2016 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 499-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motasem Saidan ◽  
Abdul Ghani Albaali ◽  
Emil Alasis ◽  
John K. Kaldellis
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Desert Environment ◽  
Dust Deposition ◽  
Photovoltaic Panels

scholarly journals Experimental Study on the Effect of Dust Deposition on Photovoltaic Panels

2019 ◽  
Vol 158 ◽  
pp. 483-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingya Chen ◽  
Yanfeng Liu ◽  
Zhijun Tian ◽  
Yu Dong ◽  
Yong Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Dust Deposition ◽  
Photovoltaic Panels

Solar Sacrifice: How an Arizona Church Lost Money by Going Solar—and Solutions for When Energy Incentives Fail to Serve the Needs of Nonprofits

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Krantz
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Photovoltaic Panels ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Oral History Interviews

By policy design, consumers are supposed to save money when they invest in solar energy. This paper presents a case study of what happens when a church goes solar and the finances go wrong. Following the installation of solar-photovoltaic panels, the Arizona church—in the Valley of the Sun, among the sunniest places in the country—decreased its energy consumption, but its electric bills went up. Through oral-history interviews of key stakeholders, the author investigates what happened, and what could be done to prevent other religious institutions and nonprofits from experiencing the church’s fate.

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