Abstract: To address the issues of high miss and false detection rates in defect detection of PV (photovoltaic) module visible light images under imbalanced data conditions, an improved data ...

Abstract: Solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants play a critical role in clean energy generation, but their performance is often compromised by partial shading, dust, aging, and open-circuited bypass or ...

This repository contains the code to run optimPV. optimPV combines sevral optimization procedures and modeling utilities that can be used for two objectives: to optimize the parameters of a simulation ...

Manufacturers are working to address the impact of ultraviolet-induced degradation (UVID) on TOPCon cells, according to a webinar held as part of pv magazine Week Europe 2025. Klaus Hofmeister, ...

Researchers studying PV panels in Chile’s hyper-arid Atacama Desert found that cemented soiling can cause annual energy losses of up to 9.8%. Their combined field and laboratory work shows that dry ...