Brian is engaged in an Engineering Doctorate for CREST sponsored by E.On New Build and Technology Ltd, looking at optimisation of the solar photovoltaic design process.
Brian trained as an electrician at Chesterfield College and was worked as an electrical engineer specialising in renewable energy and building services at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Cymru. This was followed by a MSc in Renewable Energy Systems Technology at Loughborough University. Brian worked as an electrical engineer on hydroelectric schemes for Dulas Ltd.
Expertise
Renewable Energy Systems
Solar Energy Engineering
Keywords
Solar
Photovoltaic
PV
Perpetual
Energy
EngD
SEDC
Solar
Photovoltaic
PV
Perpetual
Energy
EngD
CREST
SEDC
Most solar photovoltaic (PV) optimisation work to date has tended to take a reductionist approach, focusing on how individual parameters affect energy performance of systems. The impact of design choices on financial payback have previously been researched separately, thereby overlooking potentially significant interactions. This research project takes a more holistic approach to the problem of system optimisation. It is unique in taking a systems engineering approach to solar PV research, and recognises the needs of designers and specifiers in analysing the effect of design choices on financial payback.
Brian teaches Solar photovoltaic systems at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Cymru on a City & Guilds PV course for installers. He is also a consultant to City & Guilds on content and delivery of environmental technologies courses.
View all Mr Goss’s publications in the central publications database
Selected Publications
B. Goss Choosing Solar Electric - A Guide to Photovoltaic Systems
B. Goss, C. Benfield, R. Gwillim, M. Bliss, M. Strobel, and R. Gottschalg, "Large scale evaluation of photovoltaic technologies in different climates," in 5th Photovoltaic Science Application and Technology (PVSAT-5) Conference and Exhibition, . Glyndŵr University, Wrexham.: PVSAT, 2009.
B. Goss, K. Cradden, R. Gwillim, M. Bliss, M. Strobel, and R. Gottschalg, "Inter-Continental Optimisation of Photovoltaic Technologies in Large Arrays; " 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (WIP-Renewable Energies, 2009).
B. Goss, C. Benfield, R. Gwillim, M. Bliss, M. Strobel, and R. Gottschalg, "Large scale evaluation of photovoltaic technologies in different climates," in The 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: IEEE, 2009.
B. Goss, C. Reading, and R. Gottschalg, "A review of overcurrent protection methods for solar photovoltaic DC circuits," in 5th Photovoltaic Science Application and Technology (PVSAT-5) Conference and Exhibition, . Edinburgh, Scotland: PVSAT, 2011.
