The IEA PVPS Programme has produced a wealth of reliable market data and technical information to help decision makers evaluate PV project and programme implementation. PV Power #18 reported on publications from the IEA PVPS Programme from 1998 through to early 2003. Following is an update for 2003 through to 2006. Further information about these, and other titles and products, is available from the publications' section with many of the reports available for download free-of-charge.

• IEA PVPS annual reports and executive conferences

  • Implementing Agreement on Photovoltaic Power Systems Annual Reports 2002-2005 (4 editions)
  • Photovoltaic power systems – past, present and future. Proceedings of the IEA PVPS International Conference, 19-20 May 2003, Osaka, Japan

• Market and technology survey reports

  • Trends in photovoltaic applications in selected IEA countries. Annual editions.

• Performance, reliability and analysis of photovoltaic systems

  • Country reports on PV system performance, December 2004
  • The availability of irradiation data, December 2004
  • CD-ROM: Performance database, May 2004

• PV for stand-alone and island applications

  • Survey of national and international standards, guidelines and QA procedures for stand-alone PV systems, 2nd edition, May 2004
  • Managing the quality of stand-alone photovoltaic systems – case studies, April 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

• Grid interconnection of building integrated and other dispersed photovoltaic power systems

  • Grid-connected photovoltaic power systems – survey of inverter and related protection equipment December 2002 (not reported previously)

• Very large scale photovoltaic power generation systems

  • Energy from the desert: feasibility of very large scale photovoltaic power generation (VLS-PV) systems, May 2003

• Co-operation with developing countries

  • Summaries of the Task 9 recommended practice guides, November 2005
  • Sources of financing for PV-based rural electrification in developing countries, May 2004
  • 16 case studies on the deployment of photovoltaic technologies in developing countries, September 2003
  • Institutional framework and financial instruments for PV deployment in developing countries, September 2003
  • PV for rural electrification in developing countries – programme design, planning and implementation, September 2003
  • The role of quality management, hardware certification and accredited training in PV programmes in developing countries, September 2003

• Urban scale photovoltaic applications

  • Compared assessment of selected environmental indicators of photovoltaic electricity in OECD cities, May 2006

[ Top ] [ Previous article in PV Power ] [ Next article in PV Power ]