Abstract:This abstract summarises the performance of an Elkem Solar photovoltaic (PV) system installed in the Sunbelt Region (between 35˚ North and 35˚ South) in Hyderabad, India, which has been fully operational since August 2012. The PV system consists of 28 multicrystalline silicon PV modules made from the standard Siemens process and from material produced by a metallurgical route -the Elkem Solar Silicon (ESS™) process. A comparative performance study of the ESS™ modules with respect to standard polysilicon has be… Show more
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