Abstract:The Photovoltaic (PV) systems are one of the key renewable energy sources that are becoming increasingly popular, but they still have many drawbacks compared to conventional energy sources. Their main disadvantages are that they require a lot of installation space and they have low investment return ration. Both could be overcome by local installation of the PV plants as close as possible to the end consumer, and the best case is the PV panels to be installed on the buildings, but this could lead to higher fir… Show more
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