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Economic benefits of the use of a PV plants reconfiguration systems

Pietro RomanoCiro SpataroFabio ViolaFederico FantoRosario MiceliGiuseppe Schettino

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EngineeringRelation (database)business.industryPhotovoltaic systemControl reconfigurationSettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti ElettriciEnvironmental economicsInvestment (macroeconomics)Economic benefitsMaximum power point trackingSettore ING-IND/31 - ElettrotecnicaIncentivePv plantReconfiguration photovoltaic incentives policiesbusinessSettore ING-INF/07 - Misure Elettriche E Elettroniche

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This paper shows the economic convenience of the application of a reconfiguration system for photovoltaic plants, considering the incentives system in different Countries. The reconfiguration is an alternative to the Distributed Maximum Power Point Tracking, DMPPT, technique used to overcome the mismatch problem in Photovoltaic, PV, plants. The reconfiguration techniques employ a microprocessor-based system that modifies the layout of the PV plant by physically changing the connections among modules. After having presented the working principle of the PV reconfiguration system allowing the improvement of the efficiency of the same plant and the relevant installation, the main strength and weakness points of the investment are evidenced in relation to different incentives policies.

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2015-11-012015 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)
https://doi.org/10.1109/icrera.2015.7418687