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5.6 The Flat Plate Modules................................................42
5.7 Failure Modes of the Modules.......................................43
5.8 The Glassing Factor of the Module................................44
6. Circuit and Device Simulation of Solar Cells and Modules...... 45
6.1 Circuit-Level Simulation..............................................45
6.2 TCAD Simulation of Solar Cells ...................................49
References........................................................................... 54
Further Reading.................................................................... 56

CHAPTER 2 Solar PV Power Plants Site Selection: A Review .....57
Hassan Z. Al Garni, Anjali Awasthi
1. Introduction to Solar Photovoltaic Land Suitability ................ 57
1.1 Multicriteria Decision-Making Techniques for
Photovoltaic Site Selection...........................................58
1.2 Geographical Information System..................................64
1.3 Dealing With Uncertainties in Photovoltaic Site
Selection ...................................................................65
2. Criteria for Site Selection .................................................. 65
3. Restriction Factors and Unsuitable Sites............................... 68
4. Conclusions and Future Works ........................................... 69
Acknowledgments................................................................. 70
References........................................................................... 70
CHAPTER 3 Forecasting of Intermittent Solar Energy
Resource ...............................................................77
Gilles Notton, Cyril Voyant
1. Introduction .................................................................... 78
2. Intermittent and Stochastic Renewable Energy Production
in an Electrical Grid ......................................................... 79
2.1 The Production/Consumption Balance: A Difficult
Task Even With Conventional Energy Production Means...79
2.2 Intermittence of Renewable Production and Impact
on the Electrical Grid Management................................81
3. Need for Solar and Wind Forecast: Forecast Horizon
and Time Step ................................................................. 83
4. Cost of Intermittence and Benefit of Forecasting ................... 85
4.1 Cost of Intermittency...................................................85
4.2 Forecasting and Influences on Production Cost ................86
5. Forecast Accuracy Evaluation............................................. 87
6. Forecasting Methods for Different Forecast Horizons ............. 92
6.1 Temporal Horizon and Resolution e Generalities
About Solar Irradiance Forecasting................................93