EPJ Photovoltaics

Open Access journal which publishes original, peer-reviewed papers focused in the field of photovoltaic solar energy conversion.

Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2025: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics', edited by Robert Kenny and Carlos del Cañizo

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Assessing tracker availability in 2 GW solar power plants

Giuliano Luchetta Martins, Lucas Z. Sergio, Maitheli Nikam, Gofran Chowdhury, Elena Koumpli and Jan Muller

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 3

Published online: 16 January 2026
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2025: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics', edited by Robert Kenny and Carlos del Cañizo

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Vehicle integrated photovoltaics module architecture optimization under dynamic shading

Ricardo Moruno, Luis San José, Rubén Núñez, Rebeca Herrero and Ignacio Antón Hernández

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 2

Published online: 16 January 2026
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2025: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics', edited by Robert Kenny and Carlos del Cañizo

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Integration of solar PV in a Norwegian energy system, navigating the trade-offs between land use and solar power production

Petry Kristine Nøttum Haaland, Magnus Korpås and Ole-Morten Midtgård

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 1

Published online: 13 January 2026
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2025: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics', edited by Robert Kenny and Carlos del Cañizo

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Co-simulating photovoltaics and environments: a proof-of-concept for solar forecasting operation

Baptiste Amiot, Joseph Vernier, Baptiste Berlioux, Benoît Cuilhé, Rémi Le Berre, Sylvain Edouard and Martin Ferrand

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 33

Published online: 09 January 2026
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2025: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics', edited by Robert Kenny and Carlos del Cañizo

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An interpretable AI framework for clear-sky detection in photovoltaics monitoring

Bohan Li, Alessandro Virtuani, Christophe Ballif, Antonin Faes and Hugo Quest

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 32

Published online: 10 December 2025
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2025: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics', edited by Robert Kenny and Carlos del Cañizo

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Influence of irradiance and drone altitude in infrared thermography inspections of photovoltaic plants

Rodrigo del Prado Santamaría, Gisele Alves dos Reis Benatto, Mahmoud Dhimish, Timurhan Koc, Rizal Friansyah, Thøger Kari, Aysha Mahmood, Peter Behrensdorff Poulsen and Sergiu Viorel Spataru

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 31

Published online: 02 December 2025
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2025: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics', edited by Robert Kenny and Carlos del Cañizo

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Industrial implementation of 24%-efficient POLO IBC solar cells and future upgrade to 26%-efficient POLO² IBC

Thorsten Dullweber, Yevgeniya Larionova, Philip Jäger, Verena Mertens, Sabrina Schimanke, Melanie Ripke, Ulrike Baumann, Alaa Osman, Udo Römer, Robby Peibst et al. (7 more)

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 30

Published online: 27 November 2025
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Techno-economic evaluation of grid-connected PV generation system based on net metering scheme 3.0 for commercial buildings in Malaysia

Muhammad Hafeez Mohamed Hariri, Muhammad Imran Joohari, Amir Rabani Abd Halim, Nor Azizah Binti Mohd Yusoff and Mohamad Kamarol Mohd Jamil

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 29

Published online: 25 November 2025

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