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George Touloupas, senior director of technology and quality for Clean Energy Associates (CEA), analyzes the February 2024 energy-yield results from the outdoor testing field in Xi’an, China.
George Touloupas, senior director of technology and quality for Clean Energy Associates (CEA), analyzes the January 2024 energy-yield results from the outdoor testing field in Xi’an, China.
November 2023 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 4.69%. With more modules and a range of different dimensions and electrical specifications expected to join the program in 2024, pv magazine upgraded their test installation.
October 2023 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 10.20%. As the energy yield figures of several top-performing products are very close, CEA is working on a new ranking system that will be more representative of product performance.
September 2023 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 9.16%. As the energy yield figures of several top-performing products are very close, CEA is working on a new ranking system that will be more representative of product performance.
In August 2023, new products with technologies like TOPCon and HJT were added to the tests. Two Tongwei TOPCon products underwent outdoor testing, while Astronergy and HY Solar's results will be on the pv magazine site. The average bifacial boost was 10.20%.
July 2023 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 11.48%.
May 2023 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 9.37%. Although the top performer hasn’t changed much, the gap in relative yield between mono PERC and bifacial mono PERC as well as bifacial mono TOPCon has become larger.
April 2023 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 8.37%. The average specific energy yield of the bifacial TOPCon category leads over the average yield of modules in the bifacial PERC category.
March 2023 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 7.33%. The average specific energy yield of the bifacial TOPCon category leads over the average yield of modules in the bifacial PERC category.
February 2023 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 7.60%. The average specific energy yield of the bifacial TOPCon category leads over the average yield of modules in the bifacial PERC category.
January 2023 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 6.73%. The average specific energy yield of the bifacial TOPCon category leads over the average yield of modules in the bifacial PERC category.
December 2022 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 5.40%. The average specific energy yield of the bifacial TOPCon category leads over the average yield of modules in the bifacial PERC category.
November 2022 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 5.42%. The average specific energy yield of the bifacial TOPCon category leads over the average yield of modules in the bifacial PERC category.
October 2022 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 6.8%. The average specific energy yield of the bifacial TOPCon category leads over the average yield of modules in the bifacial PERC category.
September 2022 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 7.9%. The average specific energy yield of the bifacial TOPCon category leads over the average yield of modules in the bifacial PERC category.
August 2022 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 11.17%. The average specific energy yield of the bifacial TOPCon category leads over the average specific energy yield of modules in the bifacial PERC category.
July 2022 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 10.53%. The average specific energy yield of the bifacial TOPCon category leads over the average of modules in the bifacial PERC category.
June 2022 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 11.1%. The average specific energy yield of the bifacial TOPCon category leads over the average of modules in the bifacial PERC category.
May 2022 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 9.1%. The average yield of the bifacial TOPCon category leads over the average yield of modules in the bifacial PERC category.
April 2022 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 8.3%. The average yield of the bifacial TOPCon category leads over the average yield of modules in the bifacial PERC category.
March 2022 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 7.0%. Bifacial modules are performing better than monofacial modules, and bifacial TOPCon leads over bifacial PERC.
February 2022 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 5.6%. Bifacial modules are steadily performing above all the other technologies, with multicrystalline modules having the lowest yield.
Dec. 2021 and Jan. 2022 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 4.6% for December 2021 and 5% for January 2022. Bifacial modules are steadily performing above all the other technologies, with multi modules having the lowest yield.
November 2021 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. Due to the detection of shading on the monofacial modules, the energy yield results are only presented for the bifacial products.
October 2021 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 7.8% for October 2021. Bifacial modules are steadily performing above all the other technologies, with monofacial mono modules having the lowest yield.
July 2021 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. The average bifacial boost is 5.7% for July 2021. Bifacial modules are steadily performing above all the other technologies, with monofacial multi modules having the lowest yield.
June 2021 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. A new product from LONGi was added in the field (#37).
May 2021 batch of energy yield results from the pv magazine outdoor test field in Xi’an, China. This is the first batch of data generated after the outdoor test field was rebuilt with data starting from May 7.
This is the last batch of data generated from the pv magazine outdoor test field before the field was dismantled to be rebuilt. The construction and equipment upgrade were finished at the end of April, and the generation data of May will be reported in the next issue.