Challenges and opportunities in solar photovoltaic system

In recent years, research work in renewable energy sources is significant due to fossil fuels depletion, environmental degradation and global warming issues related to fossil fuel. The renewable energy or non-conventional energy source is renewed by the nature and operating cost is low. The solar energy is most widely used renewable energy source and popular solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal system is used for solar energy conversion. The solar PV system generates electrical energy from solar energy directly. The performance of the solar photovoltaic system is impacted by ambient temperature, solar radiation intensity, surface temperature of solar photovoltaic module, dust, shades etc. The impact of ambient conditions on the performance of the solar PV system was studied in this work. The higher panel temperature reduces the solar PV panel performance. The dust deposition on the PV panel reduces the power generation and also increases the solar PV panel surface temperature which may reduce the life of the solar PV panels. These challenges provide research opportunities to overcome these issues. From this work, it is concluded that the regular cleaning and effective cooling methods will help to overcome the challenges posed by ambient condition on solar PV panels.. Copyright (C) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.