pv magazine International

Curtailing solar photovoltaics is here to stay, overbuilding PV will become normal

Solar PV is experiencing unprecedented growth on a global scale. According to surveys by IRENA, IEA, GEM, WNA and GWEC, the total installed capacity of solar power in the world surpassed nuclear ...
Nature

Solution-processed photovoltaic and thermoelectric hybrid systems with efficiency exceeding 50%

Photovoltaic-thermoelectric (PV-TE) hybrid systems offer a platform for enhancing the energy conversion efficiency of photovoltaic devices. However, they still suffer from energy losses and limited ...
pv magazine International

Solar PV needs more nuanced assumptions in energy system modelling

Solar PV currently evolves as the most important source of energy. Many energy system models still do not consider technologies that are already standard in today’s solar PV market. This article ...
Nature

A novel kangaroo escape optimizer for parameter estimation of solar photovoltaic cells/modules via one, two and three-diode equivalent circuit modeling

This paper proposes a novel nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm, termed Kangaroo Escape Optimization (KEO) for accurate parameter extraction of photovoltaic (PV) models including the single-diode, ...