Solar Hybrid Power Systems II

Dear Colleagues,

Depending on the type of application and its scale (utility-scale power plants, medium-scale commercial systems, building-integrated solar energy systems, or small-scale applications down to energy harvested for wearable devices and sensor networks), the design of the solar hybrid power system is called to address the energy needs of the application whether on-grid or off-grid, based on the geographic location of the site and other factors, aiming at the most cost-effective and competitive configuration with a long system lifetime. Recent research is focusing on interdisciplinary, intelligent, and innovative configurations of hybrid solar energy systems, contributing to the increase of efficiency, reliability, and overall system yield.

We cordially invite you to submit your original contributions to this Special Issue, entitled “Solar Hybrid Power Systems II”. This is a Special Issue of Energies MDPI, an international peer-reviewed open access journal covered by various databases, such as WOS and SCOPUS. The present Special Issue aims to collect innovative solutions and experimental research supported by appropriate modeling and design, but also state-of-the-art studies, in the following topics:

• Advanced solar hybrid configurations based on solar energy sources: photovoltaic cells and panels—PV, solar thermoelectric generators—STEG, and solar thermal collectors—STC;
• Innovations for Solar hybrid power systems—PVT, PV wind, and hybrid storage systems;
• Solar hybrid power systems in concentrated light;
• Modeling and simulation of solar hybrid power systems;
• Innovative applications of the solar hybrid power systems for small-scale (energy harvesting);
• Methods to calculate the electrical and thermal parameters of solar hybrid power system components in different work conditions;
• Solar hybrid power system management using modular multilevel converters;
• Reliability and feasibility studies and consideration of critical issues encountered in solar hybrid power systems;
• Grid integration of solar hybrid power systems;
• Solar hybrid power system trading market and energy policy;
• Energy management and control strategies;
• Maximum power point tracking techniques.

Prof. Dr. Daniel Tudor Cotfas
Prof. Dr. Petru Adrian Cotfas
Dr. Hegazy Rezk
Guest Editors

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• Solar Hybrid Power Systems in Energies (6 articles)