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@ARTICLE{Ford:1027071,
author = {Ford, Ethan and Peters, Ian Marius and Hoex, Bram},
title = {{Q}uantifying the impact of wildfire smoke on solar
photovoltaic generation in {A}ustralia},
journal = {iScience},
volume = {27},
number = {2},
issn = {2589-0042},
address = {St. Louis},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {FZJ-2024-03624},
pages = {108611 -},
year = {2024},
abstract = {The 2019–20 Australian wildfires caused extreme haze
events across New South Wales (NSW), whichreduced
photovoltaic (PV) power output. We analyze 30-min energy
data from 160 geographicallyseparated residential PV systems
in NSW with a total capacity of 312 kW from 6 Nov 2019–15
Jan2020. The observed mean power reduction rate for PV
energy generation as a function of the fine par-ticulate
matter (PM 2.5 ) concentration is 13 G $2\%$ per 100 mg/m 3
of PM 2.5 . The resulting energy lossfor residential and
utility PV systems is estimated at 175 G 35 GWh, equating to
a worst-case financialloss of 19 G 4 million USD. We found
the relative impact to be most significant in the mornings
andevenings, which may necessitate the installation of
additional energy storage. As PV systems are sen-sitive to
smoke and become ubiquitous, we propose employing them to
support wildfire detection andmonitoring.},
cin = {IEK-11},
ddc = {050},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-11-20140314},
pnm = {1214 - Modules, stability, performance and specific
applications (POF4-121)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1214},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {38323003},
UT = {WOS:001401419100001},
doi = {10.1016/j.isci.2023.108611},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1027071},
}