Effect of Temperature and Solar Panel Position on Solar PV System Performance: A Review

Abstract

Most people think that the sun's energy is the most valuable and plentiful of all the energy sources in the world. Getting electricity from the sun's energy can be done in many ways that have been tried and tested. Solar PV systems that use sunlight to generate electricity are well-known and widely used technology. The performance of PV technology depends on the solar panel's temperature, how much dust it is exposed to, and how the panel is tilted. Changing the panel's materials may alter its performance but the effects of other parameters are still questionable. Few research works have examined individually how the temperature of the panel, as well as the panel angle, affect the performance of the solar PV system but still, the impact of the integration of both systems needs to be better studied. Therefore, this review aims to investigate how the temperature of the solar panels and the angle of the automated control panels affect solar PV performance.