New research suggests that there might be other ways to generate solar energy than just trying to make individual solar cells super-efficient. Scientists are always on the lookout for ways to make our world a better place, and one area they're focusing on is solar energy.
Various demonstration plants in China, India, and elsewhere have been developed and are operational. Such type of systems helps in minimizing the PV panel surface temperature, reduce the water evaporation, enhance the panel life, and increase the power production. There have been countless efforts to improve the performance of PV systems.
For instance, dust has been proven to cause a 20%–50% drop in solar intensity, resulting in a 15%–30% reduction in PV system output power (Mondal and Bansal, 2015). Therefore, keeping the panels clean helps to extend their useful life and these cleaning systems are an attractive solution to increase the output power of PV systems.
It could lead to lower-cost, more efficient systems for powering homes, cars, boats and drones. The solar energy world is ready for a revolution. Scientists are racing to develop a new type of solar cell using materials that can convert electricity more efficiently than today's panels.
However, the conversion efficiency can be improved by using highly efficient solar cell production materials, implementing appropriate MPP techniques to identify maximum output points, and avoiding load mismatch problems . Therefore, researchers developed forecasting tools for PV system performance [24, 25].
Since the 1950s, NASA has harnessed the energy of the Sun to power spacecraft and drive scientific discovery across our solar system. Today, NASA continues to advance solar panel technology and test new innovations. A portrait of French scientist Alexandre Edmond Becquerel, taken sometime in the mid 1800s.
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