A review of the effects of haze on solar photovoltaic performance

SA Sadat, B Hoex, JM Pearce - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar photovoltaic (PV) deployments are growing rapidly to provide a sustainable source of
electricity, but their output is strongly impacted by environmental phenomena such as soiling …

Review of techniques based on artificial neural networks for the electrical characterization of concentrator photovoltaic technology

F Almonacid, EF Fernandez, A Mellit… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) is considered to be one of the most promising renewable
energy components that could lead to a reduction on the dependence on fossil fuels. The …

[HTML][HTML] Performance, limits and economic perspectives for passive cooling of High Concentrator Photovoltaics

L Micheli, EF Fernández, F Almonacid… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper provides an analysis of the benefits of passive cooling for High Concentrator
Photovoltaic (HCPV) systems in terms of costs and kWh annual energy yields. For the first …

Analysis of the spectral variations on the performance of high concentrator photovoltaic modules operating under different real climate conditions

EF Fernández, F Almonacid, JA Ruiz-Arias… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2014 - Elsevier
Multi-junction (MJ) solar cells show an important dependence on the incident spectrum due
to the internal series connection of several cells with different band gap energies. The …

A hybrid CSP–CPV system for improving the dispatchability of solar power plants

D Cocco, L Migliari, M Petrollese - Energy Conversion and Management, 2016 - Elsevier
The paper aims to demonstrate the improvement of power dispatchability that can be
achieved with a suitable integration of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and Concentrating …

Efficiency and acceptance angle of High Concentrator Photovoltaic modules: Current status and indoor measurements

P Pérez-Higueras, JP Ferrer-Rodríguez… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract High Concentrator Photovoltaic (HCPV) modules (with concentrations higher than
300 times) have increased their conversion efficiency records up to more than 43% in the …

Calculation of the cell temperature of a high concentrator photovoltaic (HCPV) module: a study and comparison of different methods

EF Fernández, F Almonacid, P Rodrigo… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ascertaining the operating cell temperature of a high concentrator photovoltaic (HCPV)
module is critical because its electrical parameters are influenced by this factor. However …

Photovoltaic cell operating temperature models: a review of correlations and parameters

L de Oliveira Santos, PCM de Carvalho… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A review of photovoltaic (PV) cell operating temperature () steady-state models developed
from the year 2000 onward is shown in the present article. The goal is to help researchers …

A multi-model approach based on CARIMA-SARIMA-GPM for assessing the impacts of climate change on concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) potential

SC Nwokolo, EE Eyime, AU Obiwulu, EL Meyer… - … of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2024 - Elsevier
This research paper proposes a novel multi-model approach, integrating the CARIMA-
SARIMA-GPM framework, to assess the combined impacts of climate change and land use …

Quantification of the spectral coupling of atmosphere and photovoltaic system performance: Indexes, methods and impact on energy harvesting

PM Rodrigo, EF Fernández, FM Almonacid… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic system performance is affected by changes in the input sunlight spectrum.
Moreover, the different photovoltaic materials employed show different spectral responses …