Hybrid renewable energy system has been introduced as a green and reliable power system for remote areas. There is a steady increase in usage of hybrid renewable energy units and consequently optimization problem solving for this system is a necessity. In recent years, researchers are interested...

In this paper, a new control strategy for rapid changing of output power level of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power plant is proposed based on the adaptive control strategy. In the proposed control strategy, the utilization factor (UF) of solid oxide fuel cell stack is kept constant in steady...

The purpose of this paper is to provide an analytical review of wind turbine-generator systems for stand-alone applications. The review focuses on variable-speed wind turbines, as the future trend in wind energy conversion, in contrast with the traditional fixed-speed wind turbines....

The main objective of this paper is to review the state of the art of residential PV systems in France. This is done analyzing the operational data of 6868 installations. Three main questions are posed. How much energy do they produce? What level of performance is associated to their production?...

Nowadays, due to incentive policies, the PhotoVoltaic (PV) installations become an economically attractive investment. The different policies aim to reduce the PV installation costs, consequently to the deployment of the market. In recent years, a progressive price decrease of components for PV...

This paper aims to examine the sustainability and environmental performance of PV-based electricity generation systems by conducting a thorough review of the life cycle assessment (LCA) studies of five common photovoltaic (PV) systems, i.e., mono-crystalline (mono-Si), multi-crystalline...

This article presents an overview on the research and development and application aspects for the hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) collector systems. A major research and development work on the photovoltaic/thermal (PVT) hybrid technology has been done since last 30 years. Different types of...

Photovoltaic (PV) systems are the most promising renewable energy source in Malaysia due to its abundant solar irradiation. The Malaysian government has launched various renewable energy programs to encourage the use of PV systems. Most of the PV systems are single-phase and the installation is...

This paper provides detailed information on the developed hardware and software for sun tracking mechanism and shows the effectiveness of utilizing time and date-based sun positioning solar collector system in tropical climate. The sun positioning system is based on the calculated azimuth and...