A German research team has developed a semiconductor-based protection concept tailored to renewable energy systems that forces a permanent short circuit in less than 1 millisecond in the event of a ...

Lightning protection in photovoltaic (PV) systems is a critical area of study as these installations are increasingly exposed to atmospheric discharges that can substantially disrupt energy production ...

Planned laboratory testing and model validation will focus on batteries, PV systems, converters, and other DC power sources.

A pile-based offshore solar power station, at 1.3GW the largest of its kind under construction. Image: JinkoSolar. PV technology providers are developing new hardware solutions specifically for ...

Around 70 percent of all new power generation capacity installed worldwide in 2024 were photovoltaic systems (source: IEEE’s annual report on the role of solar in the global renewable energy ...

As a result, engineers are being forced to reframe solar-plus-storage projects not as generation exercises, but as ...

Detra Solar’s latest expert insight delves into the engineering intricacies of upgrading utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) plants with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). The briefing, authored by ...