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The Open Solar Outdoors Test Field (OSOTF) is a project organized under open source principles, which is a fully grid-connected test system that continuously monitors the output of many solar photovoltaic modules and correlates their performance to a long list of highly accurate meteorological readings. ==History== As the solar photovoltaic industry grows there is an increased demand for high-quality research in solar systems design and optimization in realistic (and sometimes extreme) outdoor environments such as in Canada.〔(Solar panels for all seasons ) - Canadian Geographic May 2012〕 To answer this need, a partnership has formed the Open Solar Outdoors Test Field (OSOTF). The OSOTF was originally developed with a strong partnership between the Queen's Applied Sustainability Research Group run by Joshua M. Pearce at Queen’s University (now at Michigan Tech) and the (Sustainable Energy Applied Research Centre ) (SEARC) at St. Lawrence College headed by Adegboyega Babasola. This collaboration has grown rapidly to include multiple industry partners and the OSOTF has been redesigned to provide critical data and research for the team. The OSOTF is a fully grid-connected test system, which continuously monitors the output of over 100 photovoltaic modules and correlates their performance to a long list of highly accurate meteorological readings. The teamwork has resulted in one of the largest systems in the world for this detailed level of analysis, and can provide valuable information on the actual performance of photovoltaic modules in real-world conditions. Unlike many other projects, the OSOTF is organized under open source principles. ''All data and analysis when completed will be made freely available to the entire photovoltaic community and the general public.''〔Joshua M. Pearce, Adegboyega Babasola, Rob Andrews, “(Open Solar Photovoltaic Systems Optimization )” ''Proceedings of the 16th Annual National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Conference, Open 2012'', pp. 1-7.(open access )〕 The first project for the OSOTF quantifies the losses due to snowfall of a solar photovoltaic system, generalizes these losses to any location with weather data and recommends best practices for system design in snowy climates.〔〔Rob Andrews and Joshua M. Pearce, “(Prediction of Energy Effects on Photovoltaic Systems due to Snowfall Events )” in: ''2012 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)''. Presented at the 2012 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), pp. 003386 –003391. Available: (DOI ) (open access )〕 This work was accomplished by creating a synthetic day using empirical data from the OSOTF.〔Rob Andrews, Andrew Pollard, Joshua M. Pearce, “Improved parametric empirical determination of module short circuit current for modelling and optimization of solar photovoltaic systems”, ''Solar Energy'' 86, 2240-2254 (2012). (DOI ), (open access )〕〔http://www.appropedia.org/Effects_of_snow_on_photovoltaic_performance Effects of snow on photovoltaic performance〕 This application of the OSOTF has been covered extensively in the media.〔Examples: (Construction Canada ), (Renewable Energy World ), (Kingston Herald ), (Reuters ), (San Francisco Chronicle ), (Txchnologis ), ( Toronto Star )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Open Solar Outdoors Test Field」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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