Organic Soiling: The Role of Pollen in PV Module Performance Degradation

Soiling is a problem for solar energy harvesting technologies, such as in photovoltaic modules technologies. This paper describes not only one complete year of Soiling Ratioindex and rates measured in a rural environment of Southern Europe, but also focuses on the seasonal variation of the type of s...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Conceição, Hugo G. Silva, José Mirão, Manuel Collares-Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/2/294