Journal Article

FZJ-2024-03624

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Quantifying the impact of wildfire smoke on solar photovoltaic generation in Australia

Ford, E. (Corresponding author) ; Peters, I. M.FZJ* ; Hoex, B.

2024
Elsevier St. Louis

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.108611  doi:10.34734/FZJ-2024-03624

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.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen-Nürnberg Erneuerbare Energien (IEK-11)

Research Program(s):

1. 1214 - Modules, stability, performance and specific applications (POF4-121) (POF4-121)

Appears in the scientific report 2024

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