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Showing 1 to 20 of 127 for “"Solar PV"”.
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Prospects for grid-connected solar PV in Kenya
… infrastructure. I propose that grid-connected solar PV offers an alternative solution to displace expensive diesel generation, while capitalizing on Kenya's abundant solar resource and avoiding large upfront financing requirements. Coordinated operation of Kenya's extensive reservoir hydro …
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Stand-alone solar-pv hydrogen energy systems incorporating reverse osmosis
… good availability of renewable energy sources (solar or wind). One solution is to utilise small-scale renewably powered stand-alone energy systems to help supply power for everyday utilities and to operate desalination systems serving potable water (drinking) needs reducing diesel generator …
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Stability assessment of 132kV Sabah grid-connected solar pV system
… greenhouse gas emission accelerate the use of solar power to generate electricity. Therefore in this project, system study will be carried out to determine the largest possible capacity of Photovoltaic (PV) solar power generation to be injected to the Northern Grid of SESB’s 132kV network.The …
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Engineering economic analysis of solar PV installations considering power conversion alternatives
Solar photovoltaic (PV) is increasing in capacity and availability throughout the United States each year. The value of solar, defined as the present value of future cash flows from a solar installation, is a useful metric which can help potential system owners understand the financial implications …
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Lovable sustainability : from residential solar PV systems to eco-feedback designs
Traditional research in sustainable product design strongly emphasizes the material and energy domains and aims to reduce resource consumption and waste production in the manufacturing process and at the end of the product lifecycle. Less attention has been paid to products' environmental impact in …
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Size Optimization of Utility-Scale Solar PV System Considering Reliability Evaluation
… a size optimization approach for utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) systems is proposed. The purpose of the method is to determine the optimal solar energy generation capacity and optimal location by the minimizing total system cost subject to the constraint that the system reliability …
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Modelling and macroeconomic analysis of a Solar PV/diesel hybrid power plant
… on renewable energy globally and focuses on the solar panel and biofuels market. A full macroeconomic analysis is done on the Chinese Taipei, and this results in some parameters which then become the basis of this research. The macroeconomic parameters are then put into a tabular form and applied …
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Compact and efficient power electronics with applications to solar PV, automotive, and aerospace systems
… power point tracking system for usage in the solar photovoltaic space. The frequency multiplication effect of the FCML topology enables a 4x reduction in size of this power stage. Both such applications are made possible with the usage of high device switching frequency, fast GaN transistors, …
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Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Approaches for the MPPT Control of Standalone Solar PV Systems
Solar energy is transformed into electricity using a solar photovoltaic (PV) system while drastically reducing the usage of fossil fuels, which otherwise would have caused environmental degradation. However, the first major challenge associated with adopting solar PV for electricity generation is …
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Series DC Arc Fault Detection for a Grid-Tie Solar PV Power Generation System
… detection of series dc arc faults in a grid-tie solar photovoltaic (PV) installation. The sensed dc bus current, which is sampled using an analog-to-digital converter with Galvanic isolation, is filtered using a wavelet-based, two-level filter bank. The filter bank, referred to as the …
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Energy Transition Challenges: Solar PV Module and Wind Turbine Waste in South Africa to 2050
… in South Africa. The study projects that annual solar PV module waste will reach 85 - 185 kt per year by 2050 (4.26 - 9.27 million modules), driven by a decommissioning wave as first-generation utility-scale plants reach end of life from the early 2040s. Wind turbine blade waste is projected to …
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Avoided Water Cost of Electricity Generation for Solar PV and Wind Technologies in Southern California
… calculate the avoided water cost of energy for solar PV and wind technologies relative to coal, natural gas, nuclear, geothermal, concentrated solar thermal, and biomass. Water consumption is estimated for energy production (fuel extraction and preparation) and electricity generation (power …
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Optimal energy management for a grid-tied solar PV-battery microgrid: A reinforcement learning approach
… Nonetheless, renewable energy resources, such as solar and wind energy, can be extremely stochastic as they are weather dependent. These resources coupled with load demand uncertainties lead to random variations on both the generation and load sides, thus challenging optimal energy management. …
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Permitting and Interconnection of Solar PV Generators for the Marin Energy Authority Feed-In Tariff Program
… issue is examined within the specific context of solar photovoltaic systems developed for participation in the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program hosted by the Marin Energy Authority (MEA). A guide on the permitting and interconnection of solar PV generators for participation in the program was produced …
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Impact of Location and Size of Solar PV Plants for Integration in the Lusaka distribution grid network
… investigates the impact of location and size of solar PV plants for integration in the 33kV Lusaka Distribution network. The impact was assessed by examining the effect of solar PV plant on real power flow, system losses and voltage regulation in the 33kV distribution network. The loads, active …
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Impact of Location and Size of Solar PV Plants for Integration in the Lusaka distribution grid network
… investigates the impact of location and size of solar PV plants for integration in the 33kV Lusaka Distribution network. The impact was assessed by examining the effect of solar PV plant on real power flow, system losses and voltage regulation in the 33kV distribution network. The loads, active …
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Modelling and Tracking of the Global Maximum Power Point in Shaded Solar PV Systems Using Computational Intelligence
Solar Photovoltaic (PV) systems are renewable energy sources that are environmentally friendly and are now widely used as a source of power generation. The power produced by solar PV varies with temperature, solar irradiance and load. This variation is nonlinear and it is difficult to predict how …
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Design and development of a novel DC/DC bidirectional converter with dual solar/PV-based snow removal and EV charging functionality
Different factors affect solar photovoltaic (PV) systems by decreasing input energy and reducing the conversion efficiency of the system. One of these factors is the effect of snow cover on PV panels, a subject lacking sufficient academic research. This thesis reviews current research for snow …
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Impact of distributed generation of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation on the Massachusetts transmission system
… reaching 250 megawatt direct current (MW dc) of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation installed in Massachusetts (MA) in 2013, four years ahead of schedule, Governor Deval Patrick in May of 2013 announced an increase in the MA solar PV goal to 1,600 MW by 2020 ([13]). However, integration of such …
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Rural electrification in Ghana: issues of photovoltaic energy technology utilisation
… environmental fora, and national agenda about solar PV energy technology serving as a panacea to the energy problems of rural populations in developing countries, especially Sub-Sahara Africa, whilst also helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Notwithstanding this great advocacy, the …
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