The following publications and papers can be downloaded from this web site, free of charge. The publications are listed in descending chronological order per Task.

Executive Committee

• Slides: Observations and Results from a global PV Perspective, September 2006 
• Report: Annual Report 2004. Implementing Agreement on Photovoltaic Power Systems, June 2005 
• Report: Annual Report 2003. Implementing Agreement on Photovoltaic Power Systems, April 2004 
• Proceedings: Photovoltaic Power Systems - past, present and future, Proceedings of the IEA-PVPS international conference 2003, 19-20 May 2003, Osaka, Japan 
• Report: Annual Report 2002. Implementing Agreement on Photovoltaic Power Systems, May 2003 
• Proceedings: Il valore del sole (The value of the sun), Summary of Third International Executive Conference on Photovoltaic Power Systems, 3-5 November 1999, Venice, Italy, 2001 

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 
• Report: Trends in photovoltaic applications. Survey report of selected IEA countries between 1992 and 2005, September 2006 
• Newsletter: PV Power, Issue 24, June 2006 
• Newsletter: PV Power, Issue 23, October 2005 
• Report: Trends in photovoltaic applications. Survey report of selected IEA countries between 1992 and 2004, September 2005 
• Newsletter: PV Power, Issue 22, June 2005 
• Newsletter: PV Power, Issue 21, December 2004 
• Report: Trends in photovoltaic applications. Survey report of selected IEA countries between 1992 and 2003, September 2004 
• Newsletter: PV Power, Issue 20, June 2004 
• Newsletter: PV Power, Issue 19, December 2003 
• Report: Trends in photovoltaic applications. Survey report of selected IEA countries between 1992 and 2002, September 2003 
• Newsletter: PV Power, Issue 18, May 2003 
• Newsletter: PV Power, Issue 17, December 2002 
• Report: Trends in Photovoltaic Applications in selected IEA Countries between 1992 and 2001, September 2002.
• Newsletter: PV Power, Issue 16, June 2002 
• Newsletter: PV Power, Issue 15, October 2001 
• Report: Trends in Photovoltaic Applications in selected IEA Countries between 1992 and 2000, September 2001.
• Newsletter: PV Power, Issue 14, April 2001.
• Report: Added Values of Photovoltaic Power Systems, March 2001
• Report: Trends in Photovoltaic Applications in selected IEA Countries between 1992 and 1999, September 2000.
• Report: Trends in Photovoltaic Applications in selected IEA Countries between 1992 and 1998, October 1999.
• Paper: Buy-back rates for grid-connected photovoltaic power systems - situation and analysis in IEA member countries, July 1998.
• Report: Environmental Aspects of PV Power Systems. Summary of the IEA PVPS Task I Workshop 25-27 June 1997, Utrecht, The Netherlands, December 1997
• Report: Buy-back rates for grid-connected photovoltaic power systems, November 1997.
• Paper: R&D in photovoltaic power systems: status and strategies in IEA countries, June 1997.

Task 2. Performance, Reliability and Analysis of Photovoltaic Systems

• Paper, poster and slides: Performance analysis of grid-connected PV systems, September 2006 
• Slides: Performance of grid-connected PV systems: Overview of PVPS Task 2 results, June 2005 
• Paper and slides: Feed-in Tariffs and BIPV – Can we make a winning Team?, June 2005 
• Report: Country Reports on PV System Performance, December 2004 
• Report: The Availability of Irradiation Data, December 2004 
• Paper: Achievements of Task 2 of IEA PV Power Systems Programme: Final results on PV system performance, June 2004 
• Paper: Performance of PV systems under real conditions, March 2004 
• Paper: Performance analysis and reliability of grid-connected PV-systems in IEA countries, May 2003 
• Paper: Understanding temperature effect on PV system performance, May 2003 
• Paper: Subsidies versus rate-based incentives for technology, economical and market development of PV. The European experience, May 2003 
• Paper: Performance analysis of stand alone PV-systems from rational use of energy point of view, May 2003 
• Report: Operational Performance, Reliability and Promotion of Photovoltaic Systems, May 2002
• Database: Performance database, July 2001
• Paper: International Energy Agency PVPS Task II: Analysis of the operational performance of the IEA database PV systems, May 2000.
• Report: Analysis of Photovoltaic Systems, April 2000 - full version and short version.
• Paper: 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

• Report: Protection Against the Effects of Lightning on Stand-Alone Photovoltaic systems – Common Practices, October 2003 
• Report: Monitoring Stand-Alone Photovoltaic Systems: Methodology and Equipment - Guidelines, October 2003 
• Report: Management of the Quality of Stand-Alone Photovoltaic Systems – Recommended Practices, August 2003 
• Report: Testing of batteries used in stand-alone PV power supply systems: Test procedures and examples of test results, October 2002
• Report: Use of appliances in stand-alone PV power supply systems: problems and solutions, September 2002
• Paper: Problems related to appliances in autonomous PV applications, October 2001
• Proceedings, summary and conclusions of the workshop: PV Horizon - Workshop on photovoltaic hybrid systems, November 2001
• Report: Survey of national and international standards, guidelines & QA procedures for stand-alone PV systems, October 2000
• Paper: Review of standards and quality assurance schemes for PV systems, May 2000
• Paper: Survey of stand-alone photovoltaic programmes and applications in developing countries, May 2000
• Report: Lead-Acid Battery Guide for Stand-Alone Photovoltaic Systems, December 1999.
• Report: Stand-alone PV Systems in developing countries, August 1999
• Report: Recommended practices for charge controllers, August 1998

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

• Report: Grid-connected photovoltaic power systems: survey of inverter and related protection equipments 
• Report: Probability of islanding in utility networks due to grid-connected photovoltaic power systems, September 2002
• Report: Evaluation of islanding detection methods for photovoltaic utility-interactive power systems, March 2002
• Report: Risk analysis of islanding of photovoltaic power systems within low voltage distribution networks, March 2002
• Report: Grid-connected photovoltaic power systems: Power value and capacity value of PV systems, February 2002
• Report: Impacts of power penetration from photovoltaic power systems in distribution networks, February 2002
• Report: International guideline for the certification of photovoltaic system components and grid-connected systems, February 2002
• Report: PV System Installation and Grid-Interconnection Guidelines in Selected IEA countries, November 2001
• Report: Grid-connected photovoltaic power systems: Summary of IEA/PVPS Task V activities from 1993 to 1998, March 1999
• Report: Demonstration test results for grid interconnected photovoltaic power systems, March 1999
• Report: Utility aspects of grid-connected photovoltaic power systems, December 1998

Task 7. Photovoltaic power systems in the built environment

• Report: Building Integrated Photovoltaic Power Systems. Guidelines for Economic Evaluation, October 2002.
• Report: Market deployment strategies for PV systems in the built environment – An evaluation of Incentives, Support Programmes and Marketing Activities, September 2002.
• Report: Potential for building integrated photovoltaics, July 2002
• Report: Reliability Study of Grid Connected PV Systems: Field Experience and Recommended Design Practise, March 2002.
• Report: Innovative Electrical Concepts, 2001.
• Paper: Task 7 of the IEA PV Power Systems Program - Achievements and outlook, October 2001.
• Report: PV in Non Building Structures - a design guide, April 2001
• Paper: Status report of Task VII of the IEA PV Power Systems Program, May 2000.
• Report: Literature survey and analysis of non-technical problems for the introduction of building integrated photovoltaic systems, March 1999.

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

• Paper: 3rd phase activities of IEA PVPS Task 8 (2006-2008): Very Large Scale Photovoltaic Power Generation (VLS-PV) systems on the desert, September 2006 
• Paper: New knowledge how to make the very large scale PVs happen on the desert![A], September 2006 
• Report: Summary Energy from the Desert: Feasibility of Very Large Scale Photovoltaic Power Generation (VLS-PV) Systems, May 2003 

Task 9: Photovoltaic services for developing countries

• Flyer: IEA PVPS Task 9 (pdf document, 5436 kB)
• Report: Sources of financing for PV-based rural electrification in developing countries, May 2004 
• Report: 16 Case studies on the deployment of photovoltaic technologies in developing countries, September 2003 
• Report: Institutional framework and financial instruments for PV deployment in developing countries, September 2003 
• Report: PV for rural electrification in developing countries – Programme design, planning and implementation, September 2003 
• Report: The role of quality management, hardware certification and accredited training in PV programmes in developing countries, September 2003 
• Report: PV for rural electrification in developing countries – A guide to capacity building requirements, March 2003 
• Report: Summary of models for the implementation of solar home systems in developing countries, March 2003 
• Report: Financing mechanisms for solar home systems in developing countries. The role of financing in the dissemination process, September 2002
• Paper: Deployment of photovoltaic technologies: co-operation with developing countries. Task 9 of the International Energy Agency's Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, October 2002
• Paper: Deployment of photovoltaic technologies: co-operation with developing countries. Task 9 of the International Energy Agency's Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, October 2001
• Paper: 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

• Paper: Environmental benefits of PV sytems in OECD cities, September 2006 
• Brochure: Compared assessment of selected environmental indicators of photovoltaic electricity in OECD cities 
• Report: Compared assessment of selected environmental indicators of photovoltaic electricity in OECD cities 
• Paper: Mainstraining PV in the Urban Landscape - Activities of the new Task 10 IEA PVPS Implementing Agreement, paper presented at the 19th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Paris, 2004 
• Flyer: IEA-PVPS Task 10 (pdf document, 358 kB)