Using solar energy in Romania, not only in Prahova County, presents great development perspectives. Solar energy is considered a primary energy source, free and safe, an investment recoverable in record time and satisfactory to the investor and has countless technological applications, such as...

Preferential feed-in tariffs (FITs) for solar generated electricity increases the demand for solar photovoltaic systems. They can thus induce price to increase, creating the potential for PV systems producers to collect rents. This paper analyses the interactions between feed-in tariffs, silicon...

Using solar energy in Romania, not only in Prahova County, presents great development perspectives. Solar energy is considered a primary energy source, free and safe, an investment recoverable in record time and satisfactory to the investor and has countless technological applications, such as...

In this paper it is proposed a Maximum Power Point (MPP) tracking technique for the photovoltaic (PV) system based on an advanced Extremum Seeking (aES) control that improves both basic performances of the ES control schemes: guaranteed convergence and proved internal robustness. Beside these...

A linear piezoelectric actuator based solar panel cleaning system is proposed in order to make a solar panel operate at the best power generation state while the solar panel is used in dusty environment. A piezoelectric actuator linearly moving on a guide is employed to drive a wiper fixed on...