In the context of China’s new power system, various regions have implemented policies mandating the integration of new energy sources with energy storage, while also introducing subsidies to alleviate project cost pressures. Currently, there is...
This paper focuses on the latest studies and applications of Photovoltaic (PV) systems and Energy Storage Systems (ESS) in buildings from perspectives of system configurations, mathematic models, and optimization of design and operation. Mathematical...
Floating photovoltaic (FPV) power generation technology has gained widespread attention due to its advantages, which include the lack of the need to occupy land resources, low risk of power limitations, high power generation efficiency, reduced water...
Photovoltaic-storage integrated systems, which combine distributed photovoltaics with energy storage, play a crucial role in distributed energy systems. Evaluating the health status of photovoltaic-storage integrated energy stations in a reasonable m...
The Non-Wire Alternative (NWA) approach has gained attention as a strategy to replace or defer traditional grid infrastructure upgrades by leveraging integrated solutions combining Energy Storage Systems (ESSs) with Distributed Energy Resources (DERs...
Photovoltaic generation is one of the key technologies in the production of electricity from renewable sources. However, the intermittent nature of solar radiation poses a challenge to effectively integrate this renewable resource into the electrical...
This article presents the optimal placement of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in an active integrated distribution grid with photovoltaic and battery energy storage systems (BESS), respectively. The increase in the population has enabled peo...
The penetration of renewable power generation is increasing at an unprecedented pace. While the operating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of photovoltaic (PV) and wind power are negligible, their upstream emissions are not. The great challenge with th...
With the emerging of the smart grid, it has become easier for consumers to control their consumption. The efficient use of the integration of renewable energy sources with electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage systems (ESSs) in the smart home is a...
Spain’s accelerating renewable deployment has exposed growing challenges of intermittency, market volatility, and system stability, underscoring the urgency of energy storage integration. This paper examines the economic and regulatory viabilit...
The increasing penetration of photovoltaic (PV) systems and the need for reliable backup power solutions have led to the development of hybrid uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. These systems integrate PV energy storage with battery backup a...
Integrated energy systems (IESs) are essential for enabling the energy transition in communities and reducing CO2 emissions. This paper proposes a novel IES that combines photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal energy with coordinated electrical and ther...
Renewable energy sources play a great role in the sustainability of natural resources and a healthy environment. Among these, solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are becoming more economically viable. However, as the utility of solar energy conversion sy...
As part of efforts to cope with climate change, countries around the world have decided to supply photovoltaic (PV) power. However, since the integration of PV affects the reliability and stability of a power system, increasing the penetration of PV...
Photovoltaic thermal systems are capable of simultaneously generating electricity and recovering thermal energy from the rear surface of photovoltaic modules. When integrated with an air-source heat pump, the thermal energy recovered from an air-base...
Reducing the primary energy consumption in buildings and simultaneously increasing self-consumption from renewable energy sources in nearly-zero-energy buildings, as per the 2010/31/EU directive, is crucial nowadays. This work solved the problem of n...
The rapid growth of renewable energy integration in modern power systems brings new challenges in terms of stability and quality of electricity supply. Hybrid AC/DC microgrids represent a promising solution to integrate photovoltaic panels (PV), wind...
The rapid growth of electric vehicle (EV) adoption necessitates advanced energy management strategies to ensure sustainable, reliable, and efficient operation of charging infrastructure. This study proposes a hybrid AI-based framework for optimizing...
South Africa’s persistent electricity shortages and recurrent load shedding remain among the most pressing challenges to national economic growth and social stability. This paper presents a techno-economic framework to assess how optimized depl...
The rapid integration of photovoltaic (PV) generation into modern power networks introduces significant operational challenges, including intermittent power production, uneven charge distribution, and reduced system reliability in multi-battery energ...
This study investigates the role of integrated photovoltaic and energy storage systems in facilitating the net-zero transition for both governments and consumers. A bi-level planning model is proposed to address the challenges encountered by existing...
The combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) system is a promising energy-efficient technology to realize energy cascade utilization. With the integration of photovoltaic/thermal panels and thermal energy storage, the comprehensive performance of t...
The feasibility and cost-effectiveness of hydrogen-based microgrids in facilities, such as public buildings and small- and medium-sized enterprises, provided by photovoltaic (PV) plants and characterized by low electric demand during weekends, were i...
Integrated energy systems (IESs) are considered a trending solution for the energy crisis and environmental problems. However, the diversity of energy sources and the complexity of the IES have brought challenges to the economic operation of IESs. Ai...
The integration of photovoltaic and electric vehicles in distribution networks is rapidly increasing due to the shortage of fossil fuels and the need for environmental protection. However, the randomness of photovoltaic and the disordered charging lo...
This paper is proposing and analyzing an electric energy storage system fully integrated with a photovoltaic PV module, composed by a set of lithium-iron-phosphate (LiFePO4) flat batteries, which constitutes a generation-storage PV unit. The batterie...
Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) is one of the most efficient ways to utilize renewable energy in buildings. However, the stochastic characteristic of PV power generation and load challenges the optimal dispatch of the BIPV. This paper propose...
The Energy Internet is an inevitable trend of the development of electric power system in the future. With the development of microgrids and distributed generation (DG), the structure and operation mode of power systems are gradually changing. Energy...
The highly variable power generated from a battery energy storage system (BESS)–photovoltaic distributed generation (PVDG) causes harmonic distortions in distribution systems (DSs) due to the intermittent nature of solar energy and high voltage...
Traditional photovoltaic-powered forced air-cooling systems face significant challenges in balancing energy efficiency and thermal comfort due to temperature sensitivity, mechanical ventilation energy consumption, and spatial constraints. This study...
The objective of this study is to improve the performance of a hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) air heater incorporating a thermal energy storage system (TESS) that uses paraffin and has metallic mesh layers. In the experimental part of the researc...
To address the increasing need for clean energy and efficient resource utilization, this paper aims to provide a cooperative framework and a fair profit allocation mechanism for integrated photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage systems that are shared...
Electric vehicles (EVs) play a major role in the energy system because they are clean and environmentally friendly and can use excess electricity from renewable sources. In order to meet the growing charging demand for EVs and overcome its negative i...
The High Concentrator Photovoltaic (HCPV) technology, due to its high efficiency, is considered one of the most promising solutions for the exploitation of sun-irradiation-based Renewable Energy Sources (RES). Nevertheless, the HCPV production is str...
Due to the generation uncertainty of photovoltaic (PV) power generation, it has been posing great challenges and difficulties in maintaining the stability, security, and reliability of PV-storage systems (one kind of microgrid). To overcome these cha...
The synchronous integration of numerous input and output loads is possible with multi-input (MI) and multi-output (MO) DC–DC converters. In this paper, the non-isolated DC–DC converter described, which has a high step-up capability and mu...
A novel integrated DC-DC converter is proposed for the first stage of two-stage grid connected photovoltaic (PV) systems with energy storage systems. The proposed three-port converter (TPC) consists of a buck–boost converter, interposed between...
Multi-energy systems (MESs) use more than one energy vector to fulfil users’ electrical, thermal, and cooling demands. This paper examines the recent developments in the design, optimisation, and implementation of MESs, focusing on residential...
This paper proposes a half-bridge voltage balancer with a new controller for bipolar DC distribution systems. The proposed control scheme consists of two cascaded Proportional Integral (PI) controls rather than one PI control for balancing the pole v...
The significant expansion of renewable energies has led to an increased importance of storage systems. Decentralized storage solutions, including Home Battery Energy Storage Systems (HBESSs) and District Battery Energy Storage Systems (DBESSs), play...
Photovoltaic (PV) power forecasting combined with energy storage systems (ESS) is critical for grid stability and renewable energy optimization. Machine learning (ML) techniques have shown promise in improving PV forecast accuracy and ESS operation....
An integrated micro- and nano-grid with net-zero renewable energy is a sophisticated energy system framework aimed at attaining optimal efficiency and sustainability. This survey paper examines several contemporary research works in this domain. This...
The growing penetration of photovoltaic (PV) generation in multi-energy microgrids has amplified the challenges of maintaining real-time operational efficiency, reliability, and safety under conditions of renewable variability and forecast uncertaint...
Building energy flexibility is essential for integrating renewables, optimizing energy use, and ensuring grid stability. While renewable and storage systems are increasingly used in buildings, poorly designed storage strategies often cause supply-dem...
This paper presents two enhanced variants of the Artificial Protozoa Optimizer (APO), namely the Adaptive Balanced Artificial Protozoa Optimizer (AB-APO) and the Fractional Calculus-Enhanced Artificial Protozoa Optimizer (FC-APO), for optimal multi-D...
Trombe walls are a passive solar technology that can contribute to the reduction of building heating loads. However, during warmer weather conditions, Trombe walls may cause overheating. In this work, we investigate the feasibility of using Trombe wa...
Historically, minimum system demand has usually occurred overnight. However, in recent years, the increased penetration of rooftop photovoltaic systems (RPVs) has caused an even lower demand at midday, forcing some of the conventional generators to s...
Wind and solar energy sources, while sustainable, are inherently variable in their power generation, posing challenges to grid stability due to their non-dispatchable nature. To address this issue, this study explores the synergistic optimization of...
In DC microgrids, the combination of pulsed loads and renewable energy sources significantly impairs system stability, especially in highly dynamic operating environments. The resilience and reaction time of conventional proportional–integral (...
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) rarely report, on a single-device platform, concurrent gains in optoelectronic efficiency and buried-interface mechanical robustness—two prerequisites for flexible and roll-to-roll (R2R) integration. We engineered...
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