The main purpose of this work is to lead an assessment of the day ahead forecasting activity of the power production by photovoltaic plants. Forecasting methods can play a fundamental role in solving problems related to renewable energy source (RES) integration in smart grids. Here a new hybrid...

The power generation of photovoltaic systems is significantly affected by partial or complete shading of its cells and it depends of the PV array configuration, shading characteristics, and presence of bypass diode. The paper deals with the investigation of the impact of partial shading on...

The increasing penetration of renewable sources with power-electronic interfaces in power systems is raising technical problems and the overall efficiency of photovoltaic systems can decrease dramatically. In this context, the optimal layout for the photovoltaic system is required. The most...

In the past, wind power penetration was extremely limited compared to the total power production. As a result, the interconnection requirements for wind farms were not included in the grid codes. However, in the recent years, the significant amount of energy injected by wind farms has already...

The accurate forecasting of energy production from renewable sources represents an important topic also looking at different national authorities that are starting to stimulate a greater responsibility towards plants using non-programmable renewables. In this paper the authors use advanced...