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Bifacial photovoltaics present a clean and cheaper alternative to diesel generators for high-latitude remote communities; however, solar cells are tested at air mass 1.5, while average air mass increases with increasing latitude. For example, Cambridge Bay (69ºN) has an irradiance-weighted average air mass of 3.1. We demonstrate improved efficiency of bifacial silicon heterojunction modules under high air mass spectra due to reduced incident UV light. We implement air mass correction in our bifacial PV modelling software, and we quantify the impact of air mass on energy yield for fixed-tilt and tracked systems in high latitude locations.
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Mandy R. Lewis, Annie C. J. Russell, Christopher E. Valdivia, Joan E. Haysom, Mariana I. Bertoni, Karin Hinzer, "Impact of Spectral Correction on Bifacial Silicon Heterojunction Module Energy Yield in High Latitude Locations," Proc. SPIE 11681, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices X, 116810R (5 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2578783