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Bifacial solar panels are perceived to be the technology of choice for nextgeneration solar farms for their increased energy yield at marginally increasedcost. As the bifacial farms proliferate around the world, it is important toinvestigate the role of temperature-dependent energy-yield and levelized costof energy (LCOE) of bifacial solar farms relative to monofacial farms,stand-alone bifacial modules, and various competing bifacial technologies. Inthis work, we integrate irradiance and light collection models withexperimentally validated, physics-based temperature-dependent efficiency modelsto compare the energy yield and LCOE reduction of various bifacial technologiesacross the world. We find that temperature-dependent efficiency changes theenergy yield and LCOE by approximately -10 to 15%. Indeed, the results differsignificantly depending on the location of the farm (which defines theillumination and ambient temperature), elevation of the module (increasesincident energy), as well as the temperature-coefficients of various bifacialtechnologies. The analysis presented in this paper will allow us torealistically assess location-specific relative advantage and economicviability of the next generation bifacial solar farms.

Temperature Dependent Energy Gain of Bifacial PV Farms: A Global Perspective