USE OF MANUFACTURING INFORMATION DURING THE OPERATION OF A CONCENTRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM

摘要

Storing manufacturing data in a relational database associated with a central backend management system. A plurality of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) arrays are located at a remote solar site. Each of the CPV arrays and the components making up that CPV array is associated with its set of manufacturing data. The manufacturing data of the CPV arrays and the components making up that CPV array includes serial number information of the components of the CPV arrays and measured manufacturing data for those components, which allows a calculation of at least projected performance information of the CPV array during an actual operation of that CPV array at the remote solar site. Comparing the projected performance information of the CPV array to the actual performance information during the actual operation of that CPV array at the solar site.