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Solar, Volume 4, Issue 3

2024 September - 9 articles

Cover Story: This study explores the electrification of steam generation for major industrial operations in southwest Western Australia, considering varying levels of renewable energy inputs. The system is designed with thermal storage to maintain continuous steam generation. The optimized mix of technologies—wind, PV, and concentrated solar thermal (CST) systems—is presented for each renewable energy input target. Additionally, the optimization process determines the best locations for new renewable energy plants. View this paper
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Articles (9)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,547 Views
17 Pages

An Analytical Approach to Power Optimization of Concentrating Solar Power Plants with Thermal Storage

  • Andrii Cheilytko,
  • Spiros Alexopoulos,
  • Andriy Pozhuyev and
  • Oliver Kaufhold

21 September 2024

This paper deals with the problem of determining the optimal capacity of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants, especially in the context of hybrid solar power plants. This work presents an innovative analytical approach to optimizing the capacity of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,465 Views
18 Pages

12 September 2024

Grid-connected PV inverters require sophisticated control procedures for smooth integration with the modern electrical grid. The ability of FCS-MPC to manage the discrete character of power electronic devices is highly acknowledged, since it enables...

(This article belongs to the Topic Smart Solar Energy Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,700 Views
20 Pages

4 September 2024

Australia aims to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, with an interim target of reducing emissions to 43% below 2005 levels by 2030. Electrification of industry processes currently reliant on fossil fuels is a necessary step to achieve these emission...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,824 Views
16 Pages

Applying and Improving Pyranometric Methods to Estimate Sunshine Duration for Tropical Site

  • Tovondahiniriko Fanjirindratovo,
  • Didier Calogine,
  • Oanh Chau and
  • Olga Ramiarinjanahary

29 August 2024

The aim of this paper is to apply all the existing pyranometric methods to estimate the sunshine duration from global solar irradiation in order to find the most suitable method for a tropical site in its original form. Then, in a second step, one of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,916 Views
15 Pages

22 August 2024

This study presents a compact educational photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system designed for thorough performance assessment under simulated weather conditions. As an affordable educational tool, the system offers significant pedagogical value. The PV/T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,561 Views
18 Pages

16 August 2024

As photovoltaic (PV) deployment increases worldwide, PV systems are being installed more frequently in locations that experience snow cover. The higher albedo of snow, relative to the ground, increases the performance of PV systems in northern and hi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
10,646 Views
21 Pages

25 July 2024

The Italian industrial sector contains 22% of the final energy demand due to the poor energy performance of manufacturing buildings. This proposed study aimed to evaluate retrofit interventions for existing industrial buildings integrating photovolta...

(This article belongs to the Topic Sustainable Energy Technology, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,538 Views
14 Pages

18 July 2024

The growth of renewables in public energy networks requires suitable strategies to assess the stable operation of the respective power electronic devices, e.g., inverters. Different assessment methods can be performed with regard to the available kno...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Electronics Architectures and Associated Control for Efficient and Reliable Solar PV Systems)
  • Review
  • Open Access
130 Citations
17,151 Views
36 Pages

26 June 2024

This review presents an investigation into the incremental advancements in the YOLO (You Only Look Once) architecture and its derivatives, with a specific focus on their pivotal contributions to improving quality inspection within the photovoltaic (P...

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