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PVG Solutions Inc.
bifiPV Workshop 2014
Chambery / France
Experience from bifacial PV installations of
Mega Solar using EarthON technology
27 May, 2014
Shinji Goda, CTO
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Hokuto, Asahikawa
2014/05/27
21:08
JST

PVGS history
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2007.3 Established
2009.9 19.0% n-type bifacial cell in lab. scale
2011.7 35MW factory started in Saijo, Japan
2013.4- Factory average efficiency 19.5% / 18.7%
High Eff. development 20.2% / 19.2%
Head office / Yokohama
Saijo factory and R&D
/ Saijo, Ehime
Hokkaido branch office
/ Sapporo, Hokkaido
Technical service center
/ Shanghai, China

Bifacial application
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Advantage of bifacial
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• Building wall, fence
• No snow cover, no leaves and bird dropping
• Good appearance
Vertical use (BIPV)

Advantage of bifacial
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• No snow cover, no sand and dust
• No maintenance
• Reflection gain from ground
• Constant power generation
independent on installation angle
Vertical use Slanted use
• Expectation of 10-30% gain by
reflection from rear side
• Effect of snow

Today’s presentation
1) Technology of cell and module in PVGS
2) Mega watt class solar plant in snowy region
- Location and climate
- Array design (angle, orientation, distance to next array)
3) Evaluation
- Influence of snow (reflection, cover and shading)
- Demerit of snow and how to overcome the problem
- Power generation data
4) Conclusion
- Advantage and problem of bifacial array system
- How to overcome the demerit in snowy region
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Technology / Cell, Module
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EarthON (PVGS bifacial cell)
Conventional p-type
Type n p
Crystal Cz-Mono Cz-Mono, Multi
Size 156 mm 156 mm
Structure Bifacial Mono facial
Mass
Production
Average
Efficiency
Front Rear Front Rear
19.5%
（4.66W）
18.7%
（4.47W）
Mono 19.0%
（4.54W）
Multi 18.0%
（4.30W）
0.0%
(0.00W)
Appearance Same
BF
96%
EarthON
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Bifacial effective efficiency is calculated as 19.5% + 18.7% * 20% = 23.2%.

Cell mass production in Saijo Factory
Avg. 95.8%Avg. 19.5%
BifacialityFront Efficiency
Front Side Efficiency (%)
Percentage(%)
Bifaciality (%)
(Rear side Eff. / Front Side Eff.)
Result in Apr. – Sep., 2013
- Number of cells 740,000 cells
- Wafer Company A (China), B (China)
- Ave. Efficiency 19.5 %
- Ave. Bifaciality 95.8 %
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Single glass type Double glass type
Structure
Certification TUV certificated TUV and UL to be certificated
Application Slanted use Slanted use
Vertical use
Appearance
Bifacial module
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Glass 4mmt
EVA
Transparent back sheet
Cell Cell Cell
JB
Glass 2mmt
EVA
Cell Cell Cell
Glass 2mmt
JB
Kitami, Hokkaido
Higashi-matsushima,
Miyagi

Cell To Module Power Loss
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0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
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270
271
Percentage(%)
Front Pmax (W)
Glass 4mmt
EVA
Transparent back sheet
Cell Cell Cell
JB
Result in June, 2013
- Module structure Single glass type
- Number of modules 1,196 panels
- Cell 60 pcs in series
- Cell front efficiency Ave. 19.4% (19.1-19.7%)
Ave. Pmax = 264W, CTML = 5.2%

MW class solar plant in snowy region
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Installation results of EarthON in Japan
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IPP Location Power No. of
MDL
Orientation
/Angle
Started
① Hitachi Totsuka 500kW 2,130 South/20° Jul. 2012
② Nishiyama-sakata denki Asahikawa 250kW 1,064 South/40° Oct. 2013
③ Nishiyama-sakata denki Asahikawa 1,250kW 5,320 South/40° Dec. 2013
④ Rishiri high school Rishiri island,
Hokkaido
10kW 40 South-
East/50°
Feb. 2014
⑤ Ebara Fujisawa 300kW 1,100 South/20° Feb. 2014
⑥ Asahikawa Suishi-kai Asahikawa 750kW 3,024 South/40° Aug. 2014
(to be)
① ② ③
⑤
④

Location and climate of Asahikawa
Asahikawa
latitude 43.50N.
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Temp.(℃)
Highest
Average
Lowest
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180
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Snowfall(cm)
Temperature 1) Snow fall 2)
Heavy snow! Diamond dust
Winter festival Asahikawa ramen
*1,2) Data from Japan Meteorological Agency
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Outline of plant
Location Asahikawa, Hokkaido
Power 1,250kW (Front)
Module
5,320 panels
(PST254EarthON60)
Installation South, 40°
Operation Dec., 2013
Hokuto Solar Power Plant
(World largest bifacial plant)
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4m
1.5m 9.87m
Module
40°

Influence of snow
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3) Hidetoshi Aoki and Nakao Hirota, The effect of radiation reflected
from snow surfaces on the generated energy of photovoltaic modules, 2012
Merit
- High reflectance
- No cost
Reflectance(%)
Wavelength (μm)
Demerit
- Shading module surface
- Piling up at lower side of array
Snow
80%
Sand
10-25%
A: Dry snow
B: Wet snow
>80% at 600nm
How to overcome the demerit of
snow have been a big problem
for a long time in snowy region.

Solution 1 - Rear power generation
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However, the array generated 200kW which was ~20% of total power
by the irradiation from rear side. Bifacial array is strong to snow.
Real time monitor of Hokuto 1.25MW Solar Power Plant (10:47, Jan. 6, 2014)
Modules were fully covered with snow!

Solution 2 - Melting snow
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Bifacial 33°
Mono-facial 33°
Mono-facial 45°
- Snow on bifacial array melted and fell down much earlier than mono-facial ones.
- Bifacial arrays were heated because of the power generation by the irradiation
from rear side and the snow became to melt earlier.
Testing in Hokkaido University of Science
（Morning）
Modules were fully covered with snow!
Consortium

Power generation data
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裏⾯発電量表⾯発電量傾斜⾯⽇射量当⽇降雪量最深積雪
Powergeneration[kWh/kW･day]
Snow[cm]
Irr.[kWh/m2･day]
Daily trend in Feb., 2014
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Rear Front Irradiation. Snow fall Snow thick.
- PR showed poor in Dec. and Jan.
because of continuous snowing.
- However, it showed 1.0-1.1 from
Feb. which was larger than mono.
- Rear contribution was stable so
that the ratio of rear became lower
after snow disappeared in spring.
- Bifacial was demonstrated to be
strong in snowy region.
54.1
25.0
102.4
184.2
218.9
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
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12月 1月 2月 3月 4月 5月 6月 7月 8月 9月 10月 11月
裏⾯発電量表⾯発電量システム出⼒係数(PR)
Powergeneration[MWh/月Month
PR)[−]
Rear Front System performance ratio
Monthly trend
- Rear contribution was 22% in
average.
- Bifacial was demonstrated to be
effective even if in snowy region.

Conclusion
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Conclusion
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1. Advantage and problem of bifacial system in snowy region
Merit High reflectance and no cost
Demerit Shading module surface
Piling up at lower side of array
2. How to overcome the demerit in snowy region
Solution 1 20% generation by irradiation from rear side
Solution 2 Snow melting effect by rear power generation
3. Result and evaluation
- Rear contribution was 22% in average in winter season.
- Bifacial was demonstrated to be strong in snowy region.
- Bifacial market in Japan is expanding rapidly and
PVGS will respond to them.

URL:http://www.pvgs.jp
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Head office
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