Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) is showing a growing trend in the energy market as a consequence of the big investment made by the Photovoltaic industry; but this industrial and commercial growth will be successfully possible with the simultaneous creation of standardization norms that certify...

The foreseen depletion of the traditional fossil fuels for the forthcoming decades is forcing us to seek for new sustainable and non-pollutant energy sources. Renewable energies rely on a decentralized scheme strongly dependent on the local resources availability. In this work, we tackle the...

Strategic planning processes, which are commonly used as a tool for region development and territorial structuring, can be harnessed by politicians and public administrations, at the local level, to redesign the regional energy system and encourage renewable energy development and environmental...

Photovoltaic devices are in a mature technological stage with a long and wide field experience; but if this source of energy wants to compete against other renewable energy sources or even to get into the traditional energy generation system, it is necessary a novel scientific progress in the...

The use of photovoltaics for electricity generation purposes has recorded one of the largest increases in the field of renewable energies. The energy production of a grid-connected PV system depends on various factors. In a wide sense, it is considered that the annual energy provided by a...

In this paper, an artificial neural network (ANN) is used for the generation of ambient temperature hourly time series for some Spanish locations. The model was trained and tested with ten locations and different years of data. Results show that the proposed artificial neural network provides a...

An optimal compromise between energy efficiency and aesthetics for PV in the built environment sometimes requires to divide the PV field into sections with different orientation and tile each, which are connected to a single inverter. From the experience and data collected through a year of...

The aim of this paper is to develop a methodology that allows to know a optimal size of a photovoltaic (PV) generator in a building (dwellings, commercial buildings, etc.). The adopted design criterion is to optimize the profitability and the amortization of PV installations. There is an optimal...

The integration of grid-connected PV systems into buildings or public areas is one of the most usual applications of the photovoltaic solar energy in developed countries and it is being highly promoted by several European governments. In this paper it has been evaluated the photovoltaic...