19 March 2025
Energies | Highly Cited Papers in 2024 in the Section “Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems”

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1. “Fuzzy Approach for Managing Renewable Energy Flows for DC-Microgrid with Composite PV-WT Generators and Energy Storage System”
by Mario Versaci and Fabio La Foresta
Energies 2024, 17(2), 402; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17020402
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/2/402
2. “Analysis of the Impact of a Photovoltaic Farm on Selected Parameters of Power Quality in a Medium-Voltage Power Grid”
by Grzegorz Hołdyński, Zbigniew Skibko, Andrzej Firlit and Wojciech Walendziuk
Energies 2024, 17(3), 623; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17030623
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/3/623
3. “Recent Progress and Challenges in Controlling Secondary Phases in Kesterite CZT(S/Se) Thin Films: A Critical Review”
by Mohamed Yassine Zaki and Alin Velea
Energies 2024, 17(7), 1600; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17071600
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/7/1600
4. “Economics of Snow Accumulation on Photovoltaic Modules”
by Abdel Hakim Abou Yassine, Ehsan Khoshbakhtnejad and Hossein Sojoudi
Energies 2024, 17(12), 2962; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17122962
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/12/2962
5. “A Solar and Wind Energy Evaluation Methodology Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies”
by Vladimir Simankov, Pavel Buchatskiy, Anatoliy Kazak, Semen Teploukhov, Stefan Onishchenko, Kirill Kuzmin and Petr Chetyrbok
Energies 2024, 17(2), 416; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17020416
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/2/416
6. “A Survey of Photovoltaic Panel Overlay and Fault Detection Methods”
by Cheng Yang, Fuhao Sun, Yujie Zou, Zhipeng Lv, Liang Xue, Chao Jiang, Shuangyu Liu, Bochao Zhao and Haoyang Cui
Energies 2024, 17(4), 837; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17040837
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/4/837
7. “Wave Basin Tests of a Multi-Body Floating PV System Sheltered by a Floating Breakwater”
by Joep van der Zanden, Tim Bunnik, Ainhoa Cortés, Virgile Delhaye, Guillaume Kegelart, Thomas Pehlke and Balram Panjwani
Energies 2024, 17(9), 2059; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17092059
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/9/2059
8. “Solar Wall Technology and Its Impact on Building Performance”
by Mehrdad Ghamari and Senthilarasu Sundaram
Energies 2024, 17(5), 1075; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17051075
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/5/1075
9. “Studying the Improvement of Solar Collector Mechanism with Phase Change Materials”
by Maha Rahman Rahi, Saba Ostadi, Amin Rahmani, Mahdieh Dibaj and Mohammad Akrami
Energies 2024, 17(6), 1432; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17061432
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/6/1432
10. “Optimizing Nanofluid Hybrid Solar Collectors through Artificial Intelligence Models”
by Safae Margoum, Bekkay Hajji, Stefano Aneli, Giuseppe Marco Tina and Antonio Gagliano
Energies 2024, 17(10), 2307; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17102307
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/10/2307