Patent ID: 8710350

Claim:
A combination photovoltaic and wind power generation installation comprising: at least one wind turbine configured to generate power; a plurality of photovoltaic arrays comprising at least one photovoltaic module and configured to generate power, wherein the plurality of photovoltaic arrays is at least partially shaded a portion of the day by a shadow cast by the at least one wind turbine; and wherein each photovoltaic module comprises a plurality of photovoltaic cells, at least one bypass diode array electrically coupled to the plurality of photovoltaic cells and configured to bypass current flow around at least one photovoltaic cell; and wherein the at least one diode array comprises an electrically-insulating-laminate strip configured to allow access of at least one component of a bypass diode assembly to a photovoltaic cell of the plurality of photovoltaic cells, the electrically-insulating laminate strip comprising an access region through which the at least one component of the bypass diode assembly electrically couples with said photovoltaic cell; and wherein the electrically-insulating-laminate strip comprises a structural sheet and at least one adhesive-type layer.