Impact of the 2019-2020 Australian Black Summer Wildfires on Photovoltaic Energy Production

Ford E, Hoex B, Peters IM (2022)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Book Volume: 2022-June

Pages Range: 1191-1194

Conference Proceedings Title: Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Event location: Philadelphia, PA, USA

ISBN: 9781728161174

DOI: 10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938902

Abstract

Air pollution produced by the Australian Black Summer wildfires caused extreme haze events across New South Wales (NSW). We analyzed 30-minute resolution energy data from 160 residential PV systems in NSW from 6 November 2019 to 15 January 2020. A percentile data analysis technique was adapted to derive a mean reduction rate for PV energy generation with PM2.5. The mean power reduction rate for PV systems was approximately-12.5 % pm 2.2 % per 100 mu mathrm{g}/ mathrm{m} {3} of PM2.5 for airmass 1.0. The energy loss for residential PV systems was estimated as 39.8 pm 7.9 GWh, equating to a worst-case financial impact of 9.27 pm 1.85 million AUD. This work aims to help inform PV system planning and energy storage options of new PV systems; and raise awareness of the impact of wildfires and air pollution on solar PV.

Involved external institutions

Forschungszentrum Jülich / Research Centre Jülich (FZJ) DE Germany (DE) University of New South Wales (UNSW) AU Australia (AU)

How to cite

APA:

Ford, E., Hoex, B., & Peters, I.M. (2022). Impact of the 2019-2020 Australian Black Summer Wildfires on Photovoltaic Energy Production. In Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (pp. 1191-1194). Philadelphia, PA, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Ford, Ethan, Bram Hoex, and Ian Marius Peters. "Impact of the 2019-2020 Australian Black Summer Wildfires on Photovoltaic Energy Production." Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, PVSC 2022, Philadelphia, PA, USA Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. 1191-1194.

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