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In this viewpoint contribution, we argue that the emerging landscape of indoor photovoltaics poses unique challenges that transcend the capabilities of a singular standard, unlike what the community has become accustomed with the success of…

Due to the increasing proportion of distributed photovoltaic (PV) production in the generation mix, the knowledge of the PV generation capacity has become a key factor. In this work, we propose to compute the PV plant maximum power starting…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-05-12 Enrica Scolari , Fabrizio Sossan , Mario Paolone

The intermittent nature of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy, driven by variable weather, leads to power losses of 10-70% and an average energy production decrease of 25%. Accurate loss characterization and fault detection are crucial for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-30 Nelson Salazar-Pena , Alejandra Tabares , Andres Gonzalez-Mancera

Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology has merged as an efficient and versatile method for converting the Sun's vast energy into electricity. Innovation in developing new materials and solar cell architectures is required to ensure lightweight,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-29 Satyam Bhatti , Habib Ullah Manzoor , Bruno Michel , Ruy Sebastian Bonilla , Richard Abrams , Ahmed Zoha , Sajjad Hussain , Rami Ghannam

The adoption of residential photovoltaic systems (PV) is seen as an important part of the sustainable energy transition. To facilitate this process, it is crucial to identify the determinants of solar adoption. This paper follows a…

General Economics · Economics 2021-12-24 Emily Schulte , Fabian Scheller , Daniel Sloot , Thomas Bruckner

Due to the rise in the use of renewable energies as an alternative to traditional ones, and especially solar energy, there is increasing interest in studying how to address photovoltaic forecasting in the face of the challenge of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-18 Ines Montoya-Espinagosa , Antonio Agudo

With the advancement of energy Internet and energy system integration, the increasing adoption of distributed photovoltaic (PV) systems presents new challenges on smart monitoring and measurement for utility companies, particularly in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-27 Xiaolu Chen , Chenghao Huang , Yanru Zhang , Hao Wang

Photovoltaic (PV) energy is rapidly growing and key to mitigating the energy crisis. However, distributed PV generation, which amounts to half of the PV installed capacity, is typically unavailable to transmission system operators (TSOs),…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Gabriel Kasmi , Laurent Dubus , Philippe Blanc , Yves-Marie Saint-Drenan

In the probabilistic energy forecasting literature, emphasis is mainly placed on deriving marginal predictive densities for which each random variable is dealt with individually. Such marginals description is sufficient for power systems…

Applications · Statistics 2016-03-23 Faranak Golestaneh , Pierre Pinson , Hoay Beng Gooi

The growing proliferation in solar deployment, especially at distribution level, has made the case for power system operators to develop more accurate solar forecasting models. This paper proposes a solar photovoltaic (PV) generation…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2017-10-12 Mohana Alanazi , Mohsen Mahoor , Amin Khodaei

As climate change intensifies, the global imperative to shift towards sustainable energy sources becomes more pronounced. Photovoltaic (PV) energy is a favored choice due to its reliability and ease of installation. Accurate mapping of PV…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-01 Adrian de Luis , Minh Tran , Taisei Hanyu , Anh Tran , Liao Haitao , Roy McCann , Alan Mantooth , Ying Huang , Ngan Le

With the rapidly growing interest in bifacial photovoltaics (PV), a worldwide map of their potential performance can help assess and accelerate the global deployment of this emerging technology. However, the existing literature only…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-02-22 Xingshu Sun , Mohammad Ryyan Khan , Chris Deline , Muhammad Ashraful Alam

Smart grids are envisioned to accommodate high penetration of distributed photovoltaic (PV) generation, which may cause adverse grid impacts in terms of voltage violations. Therefore, PV Hosting capacity (HC) is being used as a planning…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-31 Sai Munikoti , Mohammad Abujubbeh , Kumarsinh Jhala , Balasubramaniam Natarajan

Smart energy systems in general, and solar energy analysis in particular, have recently gained increasing interest. This is mainly due to stronger focus on smart energy saving solutions and recent developments in photovoltaic (PV) cells.…

Databases · Computer Science 2019-07-08 Fabrizio Orlandi , Alan Meehan , Murhaf Hossari , Soumyabrata Dev , Declan O'Sullivan , Tarek AlSkaif

The increasing adoption of solar energy necessitates advanced methodologies for monitoring and maintenance to ensure optimal performance of solar panel installations. A critical component in this context is the accurate segmentation of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Sankarshanaa Sagaram , Krish Didwania , Laven Srivastava , Aditya Kasliwal , Pallavi Kailas , Ujjwal Verma

I propose a general quantitative framework to evaluate the quality, track the historical development, and guide future optimization of photovoltaic (PV) absorbers at any development level, including both experimentally synthesized and…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-24 Andrea Crovetto

Accurate PhotoVoltaic (PV) power generation forecasting is vital for the efficient operation of Smart Grids. The automated design of such accurate forecasting models for individual PV plants includes two challenges: First, information about…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Stefan Meisenbacher , Benedikt Heidrich , Tim Martin , Ralf Mikut , Veit Hagenmeyer

The total amount of solar irradiance falling on the earth's surface is an important area of study amongst the photo-voltaic (PV) engineers and remote sensing analysts. The received solar irradiance impacts the total amount of generated…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-23 Shilpa Manandhar , Soumyabrata Dev , Yee Hui Lee , Yu Song Meng

The declining cost of solar photovoltaics (PV) combined with strong federal and state-level incentives have resulted in a high number of residential solar PV installations in the US. However, these installations are concentrated in…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-01-24 Cooper Sigrist , Adam Lechowicz , Jovan Champ , Noman Bashir , Mohammad Hajiesmaili

The photovoltaic (PV) industry is seeing a significant shift toward large-scale solar plants, where traditional inspection methods have proven to be time-consuming and costly. Currently, the predominant approach to PV inspection using…