Energy Performance of Photovoltaic Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The feasibility of photovoltaic (PV) system investment is mainly based on the assessment of energy performance. However, the energy performance of PV systems is highly dependent on environmental conditions and system failures. The existence of non-ideal factors such as dust or soil, partial shading conditions, cell degradation, and system failures influences the electricity production of PV systems dramatically. These phenomena accelerate the development of PV-related research, concerned with aspects such as the efficiency improvement of cells/modules/systems, the inspection and monitoring of PV arrays/plants, the evaluation of system performance and the assessment of output energy, etc. The relevant research focuses on monitoring techniques, modelling approaches and the optimization of material/circuit/structure. On the other hand, various artificial intelligence software algorithms have been proposed to assist energy system performance, such as failure diagnosis, maximum power point tracking, energy assessment, etc.

This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent developments related to the materials, design, modelling, control algorithms, optimizations, applications, and evaluation of PV system performance.

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

• Performance evaluation methods;
• Output energy assessment;
• Inspection and monitoring techniques of solar arrays/plants;
• Defect and failure diagnosis;
• Advanced modelling and analysis approaches;
• Optimal design methodologies of PV cells/modules/arrays;
• Efficiency and energy improvement algorithms;
• Economic feasibility assessments.

Prof. Dr. Yu-Pei Huang
Dr. Hao-Ying Lu
Guest Editors

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