Open AccessPhotovoltaic battery & charge controller market & applications survey. An evaluation of the photovoltaic system market for 1995
Author(s) -
Rob Hammond,
J.F. Turpin,
G.P. Corey
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/444044
Subject(s) - photovoltaic system , charge controller , battery (electricity) , controller (irrigation) , automotive engineering , electrical engineering , energy storage , engineering , business , environmental economics , power (physics) , economics , agronomy , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Under the sponsorship of the Department of Energy, Office of Utility Technologies, the Battery Analysis and Evaluation Department and the Photovoltaic System Assistance Center of Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) initiated a U.S. industry-wide PV Energy Storage System Survey. Arizona State University (ASU) was contracted by SNL in June 1995 to conduct the survey. The survey included three separate segments tailored to: (a) PV system integrators, (b) battery manufacturers, and (c) PV charge controller manufacturers. The overall purpose of the survey was to: (a) quantify the market for batteries shipped with (or for) PV systems in 1995, (b) quantify the PV market segments by battery type and application for PV batteries, (c) characterize and quantify the charge controllers used in PV systems, (d) characterize the operating environment for energy storage components in PV systems, and (e) estimate the PV battery market for the year 2000. All three segments of the survey were mailed in January 1996. This report discusses the purpose, methodology, results, and conclusions of the survey