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Bifacial_Radiance Training: Oct. 17, 9 AM MT (GMT 6)

October 17, 9 AM, through GotoWebinar.

Register here:

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4472128707340001292

Description: Learn to model bifacial fields using bifacial_radiance. This software-oriented webinar will cover the basics of opening and running simulations in the Visual Interface, as well as working with scripts for more specific simulations with the help of the jupyter journals and other tricks. The methodology and framework over which bifacial_radiance has been created will also be covered -- how files are created and how they interact, how the scene geometry works, etc. More material and description to come.

Video will be uploaded afterwards. If you want to follow along, make sure you have installed the software before the seminar (youtube instructions available here

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Welcome to the bifacial_radiance wiki! Here we try to answer some of the common questions we get by e-mail, as well as explain some of the tricks to better use and understand bifacial_radiance.

Installation Video

World Coordinates

Module Size and Orientation

How the sensors work

Future Features

IF you have found an issue / or have doubts, contact us through Issues and we'll try to help!

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Latest presentations of work with/on bifacial_radiance:

• Deline, C., et al. 2019. Bifacial Tracking Testbed at NREL. 6th BifiPV Workshop, 16-18 September 2019 Amsterdam, Netherlands • Ayala Pelaez, S., et al. 2019. Bifacial PV System Mismatch Loss Estimation. 6th BifiPV Workshop, 16-18 September 2019 Amsterdam, Netherlands. PDF of Poster here.. • Deline, C., et al. 2019. Bifacial PV System Mismatch Loss Estimation and Parameterization. 36th EU PVSEC, 09-13 September 2019 Marseille, France • Stein, J. et al. 2019. HPC Optimization of Bifacial Systems. 36th EU PVSEC, 09-13 September 2019 Marseille, France

Articles that have used bifacial_radiance (If you have one send it our way):

• PVSC 46, June 2019 at Chicago Plenary: "Bifacial PV system performance: separating fact from fiction"
• PVSC 46, June 2019 at Chicago: "Effect of torque-tube parameters on rear-irradiance and rear-shading loss for bifacial PV performance on 1-axis tracking systems". https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy19osti/74236.pdf
• 12th PVPMC May 2019, Albuquerque: "The Subtle Art of Bifacial Performance Modeling". https://pvpmc.sandia.gov/download/7213/
• S. Ayala Pelaez, C. Deline, S. Macalpine, B. Marion, J. S. Stein, and R. K. Kostuk, “Comparison of bifacial solar irradiance model predictions with field validation,” IEEE J. Photovoltaics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 82–88, 2019. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8534404
• S. Ayala Pelaez, C. Deline, P. Greenberg, J. S. Stein, and R. K. Kostuk, “Model and Validation of Single-Axis Tracking with Bifacial PV”, JPV 2019 (Pre-print version: Golden Co Natl. Renew. Energy Lab. NREL/CP-5K00-72039., no. October, 2018. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy19osti/72039.pdf)
• Asgharzadeh, A. et al. 2018. Bifacial PV System Performance: Investigation of Shading Conditions (429 downloads) . 10th PV Performance Modeling Collaborative Workshop, Albuquerque, NM
• Asgharzadeh, A. 2018. A Comparison Study of the Performance of South/North-facing vs East/West-facing Bifacial Modules under Shading Conditions (199 downloads) . WCPEC-7, Waikoloa, HI.
• Deline, C., et al., 2017. Bifacial PV Performance Models: Comparison and Field Results (443 downloads) . BiFiPV 2017 Workshop, Konstanz, Germany
• Deline, C., S. MacAlpine, B. Marion, F. Toor, A. Asgharzadeh and J. S. Stein (2017). “Assessment of Bifacial Photovoltaic Module Power Rating Methodologies – Inside and Out.” Journal of Photovoltaics,V. 7(2), p. 575-580.

Many more here: https://pvpmc.sandia.gov/pv-research/bifacial-pv-project/