Solar energy market is still growing in Morocco and in other countries ar,ound the world. The development and deployment of any solar project require a prefeasibility study before the establishment of the plant. The most important parameters influencing the site selection or the project...

In this paper, a reliable and cost-effective polygeneration system for an existing test building, able to provide electricity, cooling and heating needs is presented, modelled and assessed. The system relies on solar energy as the primary source (PV and solar thermal collectors). Building...

Qatari policymakers must balance domestic energy needs with the economic imperative to maximise hydrocarbon exports. We have modelled the optimal evolution of Qatar's electricity system over the next few decades, with the goal of quantifying the potential for solar energy (and other low-carbon...

Curtailment of variable renewable energy increases the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), which is the tool often used to compare its profitability against traditional energy sources. Recently, the Kyushu Region of Japan had to curtail some of its solar production to meet energy balance. As many...

Typically, in a solar-to-electricity energy conversion process from a PV solar panel, this mechanism often accompanied with a creation of by-products which refers to unproductive heat on the surface of PV solar panel. This unwanted heat energy produced will lead to reduction of total effective...

There is a growing interest in airport-based solar plant installations around the world. The buffer zone area in airports can effectively be utilized by tapping solar energy. However, it possesses concern for air safety and navigation mainly from the possible glare of the PV array. The objective...

Environmental concerns have gained great attention in the last decades, especially the global warming caused by usage of fossil fuels mostly. Renewable energy sources are the most reasonable way to decreasing the fossil fuel usage as a primary source and to preventing its environmental effects....

A study was carried out to predict the long-term energy performance of swimming pool solar heating systems for four Brazilian cities using the utilizability method. The chosen cities were Brasília, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre and São Luís. The pool area was kept constant and both glazed and...

High penetration of solar PV systems will cause grid instability and requires storage and micro-grid. Pyramid solar micro-grid which consists of many solar home systems with storage was thus proposed. The reliability of solar micro-grid is an important issue. In the present study, we develop an...

One of the challenges of PV power generation is solar intermittency from weather conditions. Solar irradiance prediction is therefore required to deal with this issue. Several prediction methods have been proposed based on whole sky image processing techniques. This paper presents a combination...