GC Solar 23.61 GW GD Solar 53.65 GW
Marcelo Villalva

Marcelo Villalva

Specialist in photovoltaic systems. Professor and researcher at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEEC) at UNICAMP. Coordinator of LESF - Energy and Photovoltaic Systems Laboratory at UNICAMP. Author of the book "Photovoltaic Solar Energy - Concepts and Applications".

58 articles published

Published articles

Technical Article

About the origin of reverse current in photovoltaic systems

Reverse current must be prevented by using fuses in series with the strings

7 May
Technical Article

The LID effect of photovoltaic cells

Light-induced degradation is a phenomenon that reduces the efficiency of photovoltaic cells

27 Feb
Understanding the efficiency of photovoltaic inverters
Technical Article

Understanding the efficiency of photovoltaic inverters

To facilitate the qualification and comparison of inverters, the figure of average efficiency or weighted efficiency was created.

27 Feb
Energy storage: electric battery technologies
Technical Article

Energy storage: electric battery technologies

The subject of electrochemical batteries is quite rich and extensive

22 Feb
Electricity microgrids
Technical Article

Electricity microgrids

The possibilities for using microgrids are almost endless and give consumers the freedom to use energy how and when…

18 Feb
BMS systems for lithium batteries
Technical Article

BMS systems for lithium batteries

Lithium batteries need electronic control and monitoring systems to operate safely

18 Feb
Technical Article

Making inverters and photovoltaic arrays compatible in PVSyst

Understand the Show sizing function on the PVSyst system screen

28 Dec
Technical Article

MC4 Connector Incompatibility Case Study

Check out a curious case of incompatibility of MC4 connectors that occurred in the Brazilian photovoltaic market

30 Nov
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