pvcompare
pvcompare – Comparison of Photovoltaic Technologies.
How does pvcompare help?
The software pvcompare was developed by researchers at RLI and helps with the analysis and comparison of photovoltaic technologies. It enables a detailed assessment of energy yield, efficiency, and integration of various PV technologies into energy systems.
Who is the tool suitable for?
pvcompare is intended for actors such as energy system modellers with expertise in linear energy system modelling (e.g. in research and academia) who aim to evaluate and optimize the impact of new PV technologies on urban energy systems.
How does RidePooling work?
pvcompare models different PV technologies and their integration into local energy systems.
The tool provides the following functionalities:
- Calculation of the surface potential for photovoltaic (PV) deployment
- Generation of temporal load profiles for heat and electricity demand
- Simulation of temporal feed-in profiles for a group of PV systems
- Calculation of temperature-dependent performance coefficients (COP) and energy efficiency ratios (EER) for heat pumps and chillers
- Integration of a specific concentrator photovoltaic module (CPV) and a perovskite-silicon module (PeroSI)
- Preparation of data and input files for energy system optimization
- Sensitivity analysis of input parameters
- Visualization to compare different technologies
The tool is based on open-source methods and uses standardized modelling assumptions for transparent analysis.
What examples of use are there?
pvcompare is being developed as part of the H2020 GRECO project.
It has already been used in the following publication:
How can pvcompare be used?
The program code is written in the Python programming language and is freely available under the MIT Open Source License on GitHub.
