K. Radouane
YOU?
Author Swipe
View article: Performance Evaluation of Burkina Faso’s 33 MW Largest Grid-Connected PV Power Plant
Performance Evaluation of Burkina Faso’s 33 MW Largest Grid-Connected PV Power Plant Open
This study conducted an in-depth analysis of the performance of the largest Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic System in Burkina Faso from 2019 to 2021. The research utilized measured data and simulated the plant’s performance using the PVG…
View article: Floating Photovoltaics – On-Site Measurements in Temperate Climate and Lake Influence on Module Behavior
Floating Photovoltaics – On-Site Measurements in Temperate Climate and Lake Influence on Module Behavior Open
Floating Photovoltaic (FPV) has recently gained a large interest worldwide, essentially as a result of promoting unused land to generate electricity. Like ground-mounted PV projects, FPV feasibility is bound to the power production estimat…
View article: Optimizing the Utilization of Reflective Materials for Bifacial PV Plants
Optimizing the Utilization of Reflective Materials for Bifacial PV Plants Open
Since 2017, many potential reflective materials have been tested in EDF R&D PV Test Zone in order to quantify their albedo. This testing approach enables to evaluate, in addition to the reflective performance and variation over time of eac…
View article: Half-Cell Module Behaviour and Its Impact on the Yield of a PV Plant
Half-Cell Module Behaviour and Its Impact on the Yield of a PV Plant Open
This work aims at comparing the electrical and thermal behaviour of half-cut cell modules and full-cell modules up to the result on the yield of a PV plant. Modelling and laboratory experiments confirm the better shading and hot spot behav…
View article: Modelling of Single-Axis Tracking Gain for Bifacial PV Systems
Modelling of Single-Axis Tracking Gain for Bifacial PV Systems Open
Bifacial gains that can be reasonably achieved for utility-scale PV plants on fixed structures are estimated to be between 5% and 15% for natural ground albedos (0.2 for grassland to 0.5 for light-coloured sand). [1-2] In areas of the glob…
View article: PV Bifacial Yield Simulation with a Variable Albedo Model
PV Bifacial Yield Simulation with a Variable Albedo Model Open
Bifacial solar cells convert photons into electricity on both their front and rear sides, which makes the assessment of solar resource trickier than for classical solar cells that are active on their front side only. Among other parameters…
View article: Improved 1500V PID Resistance: Encapsulants, Cover Glass and Ion Implanted Cells
Improved 1500V PID Resistance: Encapsulants, Cover Glass and Ion Implanted Cells Open
In this paper, several solutions against PID have been tested on mini-modules then 60-cell modules. 4 encapsulants are compared at the mini-module level: two types of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) and an io…
View article: Key Elements in the Design of Bifacial PV Power Plants
Key Elements in the Design of Bifacial PV Power Plants Open
Bifacial solar cells convert photons into electricity on both their front and rear sides, which makes the assessment of solar resource trickier than for classical solar cells that are active on their front side only. Indeed, the solar irra…