Under the IEA Photovoltaics Power Systems Programme, four projects, known as Annexes or Tasks, have been completed. In this section you find a description of the IEA  PVPS reports, books and proceedings that were produced under these Tasks. Most of the publications can be downloaded, which is indicated by the Acrobat Reader icon 

Task 3. Use of photovoltaic power systems in stand-alone and island applications:

• Managing the Quality of Stand-Alone Photovoltaic Systems – Case Studies, April 2004 
• Survey of national and international standards, guidelines & QA procedures for stand-alone PV systems, 2nd Edition, May 2004 
• Managing the Quality of Stand-Alone Photovoltaic Systems – Recommended Practices, January 2004 
• Common Practices for Protection Against the Effects of Lightning on Stand-Alone Photovoltaic systems, October 2003 
• Guidelines for Monitoring Stand-Alone Photovoltaic Systems: Methodology and Equipment, October 2003 
• Testing of batteries used in stand-alone PV power supply systems: Test procedures and examples of test results, October 2002 
• Use of appliances in stand-alone PV power supply systems: problems and solutions, September 2002 
• PV Horizon - Workshop on photovoltaic hybrid systems. Proceedings, summary and conclusions of the workshop, November 2001 
• Lead-acid battery guide for stand-alone photovoltaic systems, December 1999 
• Stand-alone PV Systems in developing countries, August 1999 
• Stand-alone photovoltaic applications: lessons learned, February 1999
• Recommended practices for charge controllers, August 1998 
• Examples of stand-alone photovoltaic systems, January 1995

Task 5. Grid interconnection of building integrated and other dispersed photovoltaic power systems:

• Grid-connected photovoltaic power systems: survey of inverter and related protection equipments 
• Probability of islanding in utility networks due to grid-connected photovoltaic power systems, September 2002 
• Evaluation of islanding detection methods for photovoltaic utility-interactive power systems, March 2002 
• Risk analysis of islanding of photovoltaic power systems within low voltage distribution networks, March 2002 
• Grid-connected photovoltaic power systems: Power value and capacity value of PV systems, February 2002 
• Impacts of power penetration from photovoltaic power systems in distribution networks, February 2002 
• International guideline for the certification of photovoltaic system components and grid-connected systems, February 2002 
• PV System Installation and Grid-Interconnection Guidelines in Selected IEA countries, November 2001 
• Grid-connected photovoltaic power systems: Summary of IEA/PVPS Task V activities from 1993 to 1998, March 1999 
• Demonstration test results for grid interconnected photovoltaic power systems, March 1999 
• Utility aspects of grid-connected photovoltaic power systems, December 1998 
• Proceedings of the International IEA Workshop on Existing and Future Rules and Safety Guidelines for Grid Interconnection of Photovoltaic Systems, Zurich, 15-16 September 1997
• Information on electrical distribution systems in related IEA countries, July 1996
• Grid-connected photovoltaic power systems: Status of existing guidelines and regulations in selected IEA member countries, July 1996

Task 6. Design and operation of modular photovoltaic power plants for large-scale power generation:

• A preliminary analysis of Very Large Scale Photovoltaic Power Generation (VLS-PV) Systems, May 1999
• Review of Medium to Large Scale Modular PV Plants Worldwide, November 1997
• Workshop Proceedings Modular PV Plants for Multimegawatt Power Generation
• Proceedings of the Madrid Workshop

Task 7. Photovoltaic power systems in the built environment

• Designing with solar power - A source book for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), 2002
• Building Integrated Photovoltaic Power Systems. Guidelines for Economic Evaluation, October 2002 
• Market deployment strategies for PV systems in the built environment – An evaluation of Incentives, Support Programmes and Marketing Activities, September 2002 
• Potential for building integrated photovoltaics, July 2002 
• Reliability study of grid-connected PV systems: Field experience and recommended design practise, March 2002 
• Innovative Electrical Concepts, 2001 
• Building with PV - New product opportunities. Proceedings of the Workshop held at Amsterdam RAI, Wednesday 9 May 2001
• PV in non building structures - a design guide, April 2001 
• Photovoltaics in the built environment. Proceedings of the 2nd World Solar Electric Buildings Conference: Sydney, Australia 8th-10th March 2000
• Literature survey and analysis of non-technical problems for the introduction of building integrated photovoltaic systems, March 1999 
• Photovoltaic building integration concepts. Proceedings of the IEA  PVPS Task VII workshop 11-12 February 1999, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland featuring a review of PV products