To employ new solar photovoltaic technologies in products and buildings, many systems need to be adapted. Inspired by the cylindrical shape, in this work we have evaluated the performance of luminescent solar concentrator photovoltaic (LSC-PV) elements with narrow PV cell strips that could be integrated in an outdoor lighting pole. Silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells were attached to the back of bo...

In development of floating photovoltaic generation system, finding a suitable place of installation is as important as development of economically feasible and stable structure. Especially since floating photovoltaic system has its facility floating on water surface, it is extremely important to review the effects of weather conditions such as wind, water flow and floating matters, various fact...

Solar power represents a vast resource which could, in principle, meet the world's needs for clean power generation. Recent growth in the use of photovoltaic (PV) technology has demonstrated the potential of solar power to deliver on a large scale. Whilst the dominant PV technology is based on crystalline silicon, a wide variety of alternative PV materials and device concepts have been explored...

Maximum power point trackers (MPPTs) play a vital role in photovoltaic (PV) systems because they increase the eff iciency of the solar photovoltaic system by increasing the power output. MPPT algorithms are necessary because PV arrays have a non linear voltage-current characteristic with a unique point w here the power produced is maximum. The output pow er from the solar panel varies w ith sol...

The modeling and simulation of photovoltaic power generation system has become an important issue in the field of power generation. Research on the characteristics of photovoltaic (PV) grid-connected system by hardware-in-the-loop simulation could provide convenient experiment condition and accurate result. This article designs a photovoltaic grid-connected simulation platform for digital/physi...

The use of solar energy as a source for pumping water is one of the promising areas in the photovoltaic (PV) application. The energy of photovoltaic pumping systems (PVPS) can be widely improved by employing an MPPT algorithm. This will lead consequently to maximize the electrical motor speed of the system. This paper presents a modified incremental conductance (IncCond) MPPT algorithm with dir...

Photovoltaic system (PV) is alternate suitable option against conventional source of generating electricity. A typical photovoltaic system produces the electrical energy in terms of voltage and current. PV system is the environmental protection technique as well as saving of the electrical energy. This system reduces the level of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) in the environment because it restricts...

This Paper presents Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) of Photovoltaic Array under partial shading condition. The power available at the output of photovoltaic cells keeps changing with solar insolation and ambient temperature because photovoltaic cells exhibit a nonlinear current voltage characteristic. A good number of publications report on different MPPT techniques for PV system most of th...

Photovoltaic power supplied to the utility grid is gaining more and more visibility while the world’s powers demand is increases. Growing demand, advancements in semiconductor technology and magnetic materials such as high frequency inductor cores, has a significant impact on PV inverter topologies and their efficiencies, on the improvement of the control circuits on the potential of costs redu...

We describe the development of new, Web-based maps of insolation and photovoltaic energy potential across Canada. The maps will be made available on the Natural Resources Canada website. They are presented for each month and summed for the entire year, for five different surface orientations: a suntracking orientation and four fixed South-facing orientations with latitude, vertical and latitude...