An efficient photovoltaic (PV) water pumping system requires two most important things: A suitable motor to have an efficient run, and to provide a good control to the photovoltaic system, it needs a proper maximum power point tracking (MPPT) system. Power conversion system has two levels,...

In this work, the molecular engineering approach was applied to the organic dyes of AE, AQ, TE, and TQ having the donor-acceptor (D-A) configuration to investigate the solar cell efficiency. In these structures, dimethylaniline and triphenylamine were used as the electron donors and...

Over the last decade, the cost of producing electricity from solar power has reduced substantially, yet the usage of solar power has not increased proportionately. This Note analyses the constraints in power transmission and distribution, including infrastructural constraints and demand-side...

Solar power is now economically competitive with fossil fuels in many countries, yet relatively few homeowners have installed solar panels on their property. A principal reason for this behavior stems from cognitive biases—such as myopia, inertia and herding—that cause consumers to avoid...

Concerns raised by solar geoengineering include physical impacts as well as worries that solar geoengineering might undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, foster heightened international conflict, put society at risk of accelerated warming if solar geoengineering efforts were to...

Residential solar installation prices, which are set on a case-by-case basis, remain both relatively high and variable despite significant declines in solar panel manufacturing costs. In this paper, I estimate a structural model of the solar installation market to quantify market power and to...

Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology offers a promising means to alleviate environmental and electricity costs challenges for cryptocurrency miners. To analyze this promise, this study investigated the feasibility of using electricity from individually optimized PV systems to power: 1) an...