One of a solar engineer’s tasks is to determine the efficiency of a solar panel system. A first step in determining solar system efficiency is a review of solar panel system technology. A PV panel ...

Researchers at the Northwestern Polytechnical University in China have fabricated a flexible photovoltaic micro-power system for applications in wearable electronics. “We built the system by ...

A maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller circuit is extremely useful in solar photovoltaic systems for boosting power usage efficiency. The traditional MPPT design, though, requires the use of ...

A new solar backup range combines intelligent energy management, support for larger solar arrays, faster switching, and advanced battery protection to improve affordability and reliability for homes ...

A Pakistani-Chinese research group has demonstrated a new maximum power point tracking method, based on a fuzzy logic algorithm to provide faster results. The converter tech is claimed to have an ...

Design, construct, and demonstrate a battery management system in which the power electronics system developed in the earlier courses is adapted to control charging of the storage battery. The project ...

In days of yore when solar panels weren’t dirt cheap, many people (and even large energy companies) used solar trackers to ensure their panels were always physically pointed at the sun to make sure ...