Bifacial module based multilevel solar panel system: A comparative study

Abstract

Bifacial module based multilevel solar panel system (MSPS) is proposed in this paper for its use in urban areas which will be able to harness more solar energy while occupying much less space than the conventional fixed panel system. Bifacial module can harnesses diffused and reflected irradiance on the rear side of the module which cannot be harnessed by mono-facial one. A detailed performance analysis shows that the proposed system harnesses 109.8% more energy than the conventional monofacial fixed panel system and 57.37% more energy than the previously proposed mono-facial multilevel solar panel system.