Bifacial photovoltaic (PV) modules are able to utilize light from both sides and can therefore significantly increase the electric yield of PV power plants, thus reducing the cost and improving profitability. Bifacial PV technology has a huge potential to reach a major market share, in particular when considering utility scale PV plants. Accordingly, bifacial PV is currently attracting increasing attention from involved engineers, scientists and investors.

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Bifacial cells
• Chapter 3: Bifacial modules: design options, characterisation and reliability
• Chapter 4: Simulation models for energy yield prediction of bifacial systems
• Chapter 5: Bifacial PV systems and yield data (bifacial gain)
• Chapter 6: Impact of bifaciality on the levelized cost of PV-generated electricity
• Chapter 7: Importance of bankability for market introduction of new PV technologies
• Chapter 8: A “global” view on bifacial gain: dependence on geographic location and environmental conditions
• Chapter 9: Summary and outlook