Welcome to the website of the IEA Photovoltaics Power Systems Programme (IEA PVPS). This website provides the results of the activities of the IEA PVPS Programme in addition to information about the Programme itself. The website is organized as follows:

• Workshops - planned IEA PVPS workshops and registration information, plus presentations and summaries from previous events.
• Publications - publications and other project results such as databases and CD-Roms, plus education and training material. Most of the publications can be downloaded.
• Annual reports - the full content of annual reports up to the latest edition, including the PV technology status and prospects in all IEA PVPS countries plus the status reports of the various activities.
• Newsletter - all the articles from all the issues of the six-monthly newsletter PVPower.
• PV Trends - downloadable version of the annually produced Trends in photovoltaic applications report, plus separately downloadable figures from the report.
• National reports - the latest survey reports produced annually by each participating IEA PVPS country, plus information on markets and industry in other countries. Most reports are downloadable.
• Programme - information about the IEA PVPS Programme - motivations, mission and objectives - and the activities carried out within the Programme.
• Activities - the activities (Tasks) currently focus on the following areas of work:
• Information exchange & dissemination
• Performance, reliability & analysis
• Very large scale systems
• PV services for developing countries
• Urban scale PV applications
• Hybrid systems
• Environmental Safety & Health
• Contacts - contact details for all participants in the IEA PVPS Programme.
• Archive - results from previously completed activities, historical results from current activities, a selection of downloadable images, and case studies of PV installations over the years.
• PV Primer - an overview of the process of generating solar photovoltaic electricity and its applications, some frequently asked questions and their answers, a brief summary of the current status and issues relating to photovoltaic technologies and markets drawn from the various activities of the IEA PVPS Programme and links to websites of national and international organizations working in the field of PV.