An open-source Python-based model for assessing the performance of curved photovoltaic (PV) modules on surfaces such as polytunnels.
There is a growing interest in the application of agriphotovoltaics (agriculture integrated with photovoltaic (PV) panels) with solar PV above polytunnels being one such application [1]. This Python package aims to provide functionality for simulating the performance of such curved PV panels, that is, PV modules which exist on a curved topology.
1. Blakesley, J. C., Bonilla, R. S., Freitag, M., Ganose, A. M., Gasparini, N., Kaienburg, P., Koutsourakis, G., Major, J. D., Nelson, J., Noel, N. K., Roose, B., Yun, J. S., Aliwell, S., Altermatt, P. P., Ameri, T., Andrei, V., Armin, A., Bagnis, D., Baker, J., … Hoye, R. L. Z. (2023). Roadmap on Photovoltaic Absorber Materials for Sustainable Energy Conversion. In arXiv [physics.app-ph]. arXiv. http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.19430