Good Solar Panel Temperture Coefficient

The maximum power temperature coefficient listed for sharp solar panels is 0 49 per c.

Good solar panel temperture coefficient. 65 c 25 c 40 c which is the temperature difference between the module s pmax at stc and the hypothetical example temperature of 65 c reached by the cells. All solar cells have a temperature coefficient. 40 c x 0 41 16 4 which means that the module loses 16 4 in power output when the cells reach 65 c. 16 4 x 260w 42 64w.

As a solar panel increases in temperature the power output of the solar panel decreases. This means that the 175 watt nt 175u1 would lose 0 49 of its power output for every degree above 25 c the solar cells heated up. Most panels have a temperature coefficient of between 0 2 c to 0 5 c when tested under standard laboratory conditions where ambient temperature is set to 25 c. This means a mono solar panel will lose half of one percent of its power for every degree the temperature rises.

The closer the temperature coefficient is to zero the better the panel will perform when the temperature rises. What this means is that for every 1 c above 25 c sunpower s solar panels decrease in efficiency by 0 37. The effect of temperature on the solar panel s power is measured by its thermal coefficient expressed as k or c. A negative sign indicates the direction of the change.

Generally monocrystalline solar cells have a temperature coefficient of 0 5 degc. It denotes the change in power for 1 degree change in kelvin or celsius both are the same on a unit level above 25 c. For example sunpower s solar panels all have a temperature coefficient of 0 37 c.