Under the IEA Photovoltaics Power Systems Programme, eight projects, known as Annexes or Tasks, are being, or have been, implemented. The results of some of these projects were presented at conferences. In this section you find a description of the following papers:

Executive Committee

• Observations and Results from a global PV Perspective, September 2006 
• International Energy Agency Photovoltaic Power Systems, cooperation programme accomplishments and prospects, July 1998

Task 1: Exchange and dissemination of information on photovoltaic power systems

• Buy-back rates for grid-connected photovoltaic power systems - situation and analysis in IEA member countries, July 1998 
• R&D in photovoltaic power systems: status and strategies in IEA countries, June 1997 
• Trends in photovoltaic applications – latest results from the IEA-PVPS Programme surveys, September 2006 

Task 2: Performance, Reliability and Analysis of Photovoltaic Systems

• Performance analysis of grid-connected PV systems, September 2006 
• Performance of grid-connected PV systems: Overview of PVPS Task 2 results, June 2005 
• Feed-in Tariffs and BIPV – Can we make a winning Team?, June 2005 
• Achievements of Task 2 of IEA PV Power Systems Programme: Final results on PV system performance, June 2004 
• Performance of PV systems under real conditions, March 2004 
• Performance analysis and reliability of grid-connected PV-systems in IEA countries, May 2003 
• Understanding temperature effect on PV system performance, May 2003 
• Subsidies versus rate-based incentives for technology, economical and market development of PV. The European experience, May 2003 
• Performance analysis of stand alone PV-systems from rational use of energy point of view, May 2003 
• International Energy Agency PVPS Task II: Analysis of the operational performance of the IEA database PV systems, May 2000 
• International Energy Agency Task II database on photovoltaic power systems: statistical and analytical evaluation of PV operational data, July 1998 

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

• Quality management of stand-alone PV systems: recommended practices, October 2002 
• Problems related to appliances in autonomous PV applications, October 2001 
• Review of standards and quality assurance schemes for PV systems, May 2000 
• Survey of stand-alone photovoltaic programmes and applications in developing countries, May 2000 

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

• Very Large Scale Photovoltaic Power Generation System (VLS-PV) Project, July 1998

Task 7: Photovoltaic power systems in the built environment

• Task 7 of the IEA PV Power Systems Program - Achievements and outlook, October 2001 
• Status report of Task VII of the IEA PV Power Systems Program, May 2000 
• Press Release: Design Competition Photovoltaic Products for the Built Environment, May 2000.

Task 8: Study on very large scale photovoltaic power generation systems

• 3rd phase activities of IEA PVPS Task 8 (2006-2008): Very Large Scale Photovoltaic Power Generation (VLS-PV) systems on the desert, September 2006 
• New knowledge how to make the very large scale PVs happen on the desert![A], September 2006 

Task 9: Photovoltaic services for developing countries

• Deployment of photovoltaic technologies: co-operation with developing countries. Task 9 of the International Energy Agency's Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, October 2002 
• Deployment of photovoltaic technologies: co-operation with developing countries. Task 9 of the International Energy Agency's Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, October 2001 
• Deployment of photovoltaic technologies: co-operation with developing countries. Task IX of the International Energy Agency's Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, May 2000 

Task 10: Urban scale photovoltaic applications

• Environmental benefits of PV sytems in OECD cities, September 2006 
• Mainstraining PV in the Urban Landscape - Activities of the new Task 10 IEA PVPS Implementing Agreement, September 2004 

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