Conventional source of energy, for example fossil fuels, are depleting with time. The combustion of fossil fuels also lead to increased carbon emission in environment, causing global warming. To meet the world's increasing energy demand, the utilization of alternative resources like solar energy must be improved. Solar energy can be harvested directly into electricity by using photovoltaic (PV) module. However, when the solar radiation reaches a PV module, it is not only converted into electricity but also into thermal energy, which increases the PV system temperature. 1 There are many factors affecting the solar power output of the PV system. Temperature is one of them. The productivity of a PV-module is the inverse of the temperature. According to the Standard Test Conditions, if a PV module is operated at temperature higher than the ambient temperature, 25°C, at each increase of degree Celsius, the conversion rate of the PV module decreases, up to 0.5%. 2 As expected, summer is the season with the highest solar radiation, when a PV system such as solar panel can absorb most solar energy and produce heat or electricity
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