The Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy
http://www.azrise.org
Joseph H. Simmons, DirectorJoey Pouliot, Corporate Affiliates program manager
University of Arizona
UA and the Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy
• AzRISE was formed at the University of Arizona in 2007
• Initially funded by the Arizona Board of Regents ; Currently funded by several corporate affiliates.
AzRISE
Economics &Public Policy
TechnologyR & D
Education &Outreach
• AzRISE is composed of faculty, staff
and students from the Colleges of: Engineering Science Optical Science Architecture Agriculture Business
AzRISE supports about 23 projects with over 60 students.
• Vision: a world powered by renewable, clean energy where solar energy provides its natural share through the development of economic and efficient conversion devices and reliable energy storage systems.
• Mission: to enable multi-disciplinary research, development and practical implementation of solar energy solutions to meet our energy needs by creating innovative collaborations in research, economic and public policy analysis and education/outreach.
The Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy
List of Major Research Activities• Measurements and testing
– Solar irradiance, effects of clouds and temperature and long term exposure on PV module behavior and life time expectancy
– Weather forecasting for PV output prediction• New PV materials
– Nanostructures for high efficiency and large area multijunction solar cells– Polymer and hybrid materials for low cost solar cells– Efficient and low cost c-Si processing
• Storage– Short term and low cost– Long term with high efficiency– Electrified transport
• Solar Desalination– Temperature-tolerant solar cells– Efficient heat recovery, multi-stage, evaporative desalination systems– Salt recovery and disposal
Daily output over 4 years
Normalized Energy Yield kWh / Wp = 5.3 h/day = 1935 h/yr
Daily Outputs over 4 years:
AC power every minute shown for 2 daysSystem Area: 21 m2 Rating: 2.640 kWp
Annual Energy Yield: 1700 kWh / kWp
Data on-line at: www.UAPV.org
Day in 2010
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
AC
Pow
er (
Wac
) / S
pec
Pow
er (
Wdc
)
38.037.837.637.437.2Day since Sept 30, 2010
s19c5 Sunpower (xSi) semp_power s1c5 Sharp (px Si) s4c5 Unisolar (thin Film Si) s12c5 Sanyo (HIT Si) s7c5 Solindria (CIGS tubes)
Normalized Power Output
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
AC
Pow
er (
Wac
) / S
pec
Pow
er (
Wdc
)
42.041.841.641.441.2Day since Sept 30, 2010
s19c5 Sunpower (xSi) semp_power s1c5 Sharp (px Si) s4c5 Unisolar (thin Film Si) s12c5 Sanyo (HIT Si) s7c5 Solindria (CIGS tubes)
Normalized Power Output
Irradiance Forecasting
Forecast of GHI (a), DNI (b), and observed cloud cover from MODIS (c) on 27 January, 2012 at 1 pm local time over Arizona. Forecasts were made 31 hours in advance.
For updated WRF forecasts see: http://www.atmo.arizona.edu