Photovoltaic (PV) systems harness the sun’s energy and convert it into electricity, playing an increasingly pivotal role in the transition to sustainable energy. A critical aspect of this technology ...

Maximum PV panel system efficiency is a major goal in today’s solar panel installations. Even a 0.1% efficiency improvement provides valuable payback over the long life of a solar installation. One of ...

Researchers from Spain’s University of the Basque Country have developed a special maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm based on temperature to improve PV system performance . The scientists ...

Researchers at Egypt's South Valley University have developed a novel control strategy to deal with partial shading in PV systems. The new approach uses a multi-string PV system with a converter ...

When performing outdoor tests of photovoltaic devices, test engineers use electronic loads to test maximum power-point tracking. Agilent's Neil Forcier outlines an algorithm for this task that ...

Solar power projects have become, in general, a matter of selecting components like panels and batteries, hooking them together with industry-standard connectors, and sitting back to watch the free ...

In days of yore when solar panels weren’t dirt cheap, many people (and even large energy companies) used solar trackers to ensure their panels were always physically pointed at the sun to make sure ...