Researchers from Purdue University ’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed Suns - Vmp Method , a model which can predict the degradation of solar panels . Using an experimental algorithm , Suns - Vmp combines weather forecast data with light and temperature - dependent maximum power point measurements , to give an estimate of the lifespan of solar panels and their components . Research at the US Department of Energy Furthermore, the algorithm is able to diagnose the pathology of solar modules with non-uniform degradation, such as non-uniform delamination- and PID-induced degradation, although it cannot yet correctly extract the degraded circuit parameters under severe performance variability. ’s National Solar Energy Laboratory revealed a degradation rate of 0.7 % per year , and the team aims to improve the algorithm using other physics - based models .
Researchers from Purdue University ’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed Suns - Vmp Method , a model which can predict the degradation of solar panels . Using an experimental algorithm , Suns - Vmp combines weather forecast data with light and temperature - dependent maximum power point measurements , to give an estimate of the lifespan of solar panels and their components . Research at the US Department of Energy ’s National Solar Energy Laboratory revealed a degradation rate of 0.7 % per year , and the team aims to improve the algorithm using other physics - based models .