date-created: '2011-04-11'
date-updated: '2026-05-01'
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title: 'SEARC OSOTF Design and Operations Manual'
description: "The Applied Sustainability Group at Queen's University in conjunction with the Sustainable Energy Applied Research Centre (SEARC) at St.Lawrence College has developed an Outdoors Test Field (OTF) which allows for the real world testing of a variety of commercial photovoltaic(PV) technologies. The purpose of this system is to provide a flexible test bed for continuing investigations into real world PV performance, through continuous monitoring of PV performance and meteorological variables. This will allow investigations into: best practices for systems design, degradation mechanisms, solar resource monitoring, innovative design topologies, and meteorological studies in the Canadian environment."
keywords:
    - photovoltaics
    - SEARC
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    documentation: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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    affliation: 'Category:Queens University, Kingston'
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