The constant scheduled load shedding in South Africa has commonly been executed in an
attempt to maintain the long aging coal power plants in the country. With the rise in the …

This paper addresses the financial and economic feasibility of biogas production to meet
energy demands at a household or village scale. To this effect, the potential cost and benefit …

Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are growing rapidly as a renewable energy source.
Evaluating the performance of a PV system based on local weather conditions is crucial for …

One of the advantages of Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGSSe) thin film solar cells is the lower
temperature sensitivity of the solar cell parameters as compared to conventional silicon …

Thin silicon (< 100 μm) adoption can provide significantly lower cost. Kerfless technologies
provide thin wafers while preventing material from being wasted. Understanding how this …

This paper presents the design of an autonomous dynamic adaptability system (ADAS) for
maintaining the irradiance levels of a steady-state xenon arc lamp solar simulator (SS). The …

In this work, the impact of structural variations of CIGS solar cells on their temperature
coefficients, their stability, and their low light performance is studied. The layer modifications …