Over the past decade, energy demand has witnessed a drastic increase, mainly due to huge
development in the industry sector and growing populations. This has led to the global …

Due to photovoltaic (PV) technology advantages as a clean, secure, and pollution-free
energy source, PV power plants installation have shown an essential role in the energy …

Poor performance and high degradation of photovoltaic (PV) systems reduce the expected
power generation and shorten the lifetime of the systems. This study highlighted the design …

This study presents the performance assessment of grid-connected PV system installed on
the roof of a building. The results presented were based on data recorded from March 2013 …

The concern of increasing renewable energy penetration into the grid together with the
reduction of prices of photovoltaic solar panels during the last decade have enabled the …

Galvanic isolation in grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) microinverters is a very important
feature concerning power quality and safety issues. However, high-frequency transformers …

Within the United States solar energy industry, there is a general motto of “set it and forget it”
with solar energy. This notion is derived from much of the research and reliability studies …

Objective This study presents the outdoor performance of five solar photovoltaic (PV)
systems with five different solar cell technologies (poly-crystalline (pc-Si)), mono-crystalline …

An ever-increasing interest on integrating solar power to utility grid exists due to wide use of
renewable energy sources and distributed generation. The grid-connected solar inverters …

Human population is projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and strike 11.2 billion by 2100.
Residence shift from countryside to cities will occur and the human population resides in the …