88
40th IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
2:30
(260) Sandia Inverter Performance Test Protocol
Efficiency Weighting Alternatives
Jeffrey D Newmiller
1
, William Erdman
2
, Joshua S
Stein
3
, Sigifredo Gonzalez
3
1
DNV GL, San Ramon, CA, USA,
2
Cinch,
Lafayette, CA, USA,
3
Sandia National Laboratories,
Albuquerque, NM, USA
2:45
(261) A Study of the Ability of Short Term
Performance Tests to Reproduce the Results
of a One-Year Adjusted Energy Test for Non-
Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems
Martin Waters
1
, Irina Berdnik
1
, Evan Riley
2
, Tejas
Tirumalai
2
, Sarah Kurtz
3
, Kevin Joyce
2
1
Recurrent Energy, San Francisco, CA, USA,
2
Black
& Veatch, San Francisco, CA, USA,
3
National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA
Area 11 - Orals
1:30 - 3:00 PM
Ballroom 1AB
Government Policy Education and Standards
Chair(s): John Benner, Elaine Ulrich
1:30
(262) The Virtual Cell Factory: Teaching PV
Manufacturing Science at QESST and Beyond
Jeffrey Cotter
1
, Jenefer Husman
1
, Stuart Bowden
1
, Klaus
Weber
2
, Alison Lennon
3
, Tonio Buonassisi
4
, Timothy
Kirkpatrick
4
1
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA,
2
The
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia,
3
The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia,
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA,
USA
1:45
(263) Growth in the US Market for Residential PV
Systems and Buyer/Lessee Experience
Paula J Mints
SPV Market Research, San Jose, CA, USA
2:00
(264) Overview of Research and Development
Projects for Solar Cells in Japan
Masafumi Yamaguchi
1
, Hiroyuki Yamada
2
1
Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, Japan,
2
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development
Organization, Kawasaki, Japan
2:15
(265) Effects of the Feed-in Tariff Program on the PV
Market in Japan
Haruki Yamaya, Takashi Ohigashi, Hiroshi Matsukawa,
Izumi Kaizuka, Osamu Ikki
RTS Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
2:30
(266) Ensuring the reliability of PV systems through
the selection of International Standards for the
IECRE Conformity Assessment System
George J Kelly
1
, Ted Spooner
2
, Guido Volberg
3
, Greg
Ball
4
, Jonas Bruckner
5
1
Sunset Technology Inc., Mount Airy, MD, USA,
2
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia,
3
TUV
Rheinland, Koln, Germany,
4
DNV GL, San Francisco,
CA, USA,
5
VDE, Offnebach am Main, Germany
2:45
(267) Three-Prong Path to Comprehensive Technical
Standards for PV Reliability
Sarah Kurtz
1
, John Wohlgemuth
1
, Tony Sample
2
,
Masaaki Yamamichi
3
, Michio Kondo
3
1
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO,
USA,
2
European Commission, JRC, Ispra, Italy,
3
National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology,
Tsukuba, Japan
