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Towards large-scale deployment of bifacial photovoltaics

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Low photovoltaic module costs imply that increasing the energy yield per module area is now a priority. We argue that modules harvesting sunlight from both sides will strongly penetrate the market but that more field data, better simulation tools and international measurement standards are needed to overcome perceived investment risks.

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Fig. 1: Monofacial and bifacial systems and modules.
Fig. 2: Most promising configurations for bifacial installations.

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Kopecek, R., Libal, J. Towards large-scale deployment of bifacial photovoltaics. Nat Energy 3, 443–446 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0178-0

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