The IEA PVPS programme has produced a wealth of reliable market data and technical information to help decision makers evaluate the pros, cons and practicalities of PV project and programme implementation. Further information about these and other titles is available from the publications' section, with many of the reports available for download free-of-charge.
Alternatively contact the IEA PVPS Executive Secretary for further details.
PVPS annual reports and executive conferences
Market and technology survey reports
Operational performance, maintenance and sizing
PV for stand-alone and island applications
- 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
- Survey of national and international standards, guidelines & QA procedures for stand-alone PV systems, October 2000
- 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
Grid interconnection of building integrated and other dispersed photovoltaic power systems
- 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 5 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
PV power plants for large-scale power generation
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 7 workshop 11-12 February 1999, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland featuring a review of PV products
Cooperation with developing countries
Other reports
CD-Roms
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