PVUSA-the first decade of experience

Abstract

Photovoltaics for Utility Scale Applications (PVUSA) is a national cooperative research and development project with a mission to acquire information through field installation and testing of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) technologies and to provide the information to utilities and other participants. This paper updates the project's progress and summarizes performance, cost, and value results obtained in the 10 years since project inception.