Performance Analysis of Photovoltaic Systems

Dear Colleagues, 

For this Special Issue of the journal Applied Sciences, authors are invited to submit manuscripts covering research about the analysis of the performance and reliability of PV systems. Manuscripts can be focused on monitoring methods, methods, and results applied to PV operational data analysis, climate-dependent PV performance, PV data banks, assessments of metadata of installed PV systems, comparison of simulations of PV performance with operational data, machine learning and artificial intelligence methods for operational performance and reliability assessments, and other topics that come up in this context.

The aim of this Special Issue is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results, in as much detail as possible so that they can be reproduced. If possible, a validation of simulated results should be included in a manuscript. Manuscripts containing interdisciplinary research results are particularly welcome in this Special Issue; for instance, about PV system performance in the context of bankability, operational issues, design features, and user and grid interactions. There is no restriction on the length of the papers.

Prof. Dr. Wilfried van Sark
Dr. David Moser
Prof. Dr. Angele Reinders
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Applied Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.