Recent advances in failure diagnosis techniques based on performance data analysis for grid-connected photovoltaic systems

Over the last decade, research into photovoltaic (PV) technology has shifted from a race for the highest efficiency to the increase of the performance reliability in the field. A major part of current research activities focuses on the reliability of the installations and the guaranteed lifetime output through constant, solid and traceable PV plant monitoring. In this domain, several PV monitoring strategies for the early diagnosis of failures...