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      Advanced Diagnostic Approach of Failures for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic (PV) Systems 

      Livera, Andreas; Theristis, Marios; Makrides, George; Sutterlueti, Juergen; Georghiou, George (2018)
      Real-time identification of failures in photovoltaic (PV) systems is crucial for achieving reactive maintenance schemes that, in turn, will increase the system reliability and guarantee the lifetime output. Following this ...
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      Advanced failure diagnostic approach for grid-connected photovoltaic systems 

      Livera, Andreas; Theristis, Marios; Makrides, George; Georghiou, George (2018)
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      BIPV courseware for higher education and professionals 

      van Sark, Wilfried; van Leeuwen, Joost; Bontekoe, Eelke; Louwen, Atse; Weiss, Ingrid; Arancón, Sofía; Tabakovic, Momir; Fechner, Hubert; Georghiou, George; Makrides, George; Hadjipanayi, Maria; Loucaidou, Eliza; Ioannidou, Monica (2018)
      It is generally expected that in the future, photovoltaics will be able to contribute substantially to the mainstream power production, and that through their widespread commercialization, Building Integrated Photovoltaics ...
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      Demonstration Tools for Trading Flexibility in Distribution Grids in Cyprus -The Cases of a Microgrid and Dispersed Prosumers 

      Oureilidis, Konstantinos; Machamint, Vasileios; Efthymiou, Venizelos; Georghiou, George; Papageorgiou, Ioannis (2018)
      In order to achieve the ambitious targets of the European Union (EU) regarding the integration of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) without the need for significant grid reinforcements, new integrated solutions should enable ...
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      Development and Implementation of BIPV Courseware for Higher Education and Professionals 

      Tabakovic, Momir; Fechner, Hubert; van Leeuwen, Joost; Bontekoe, Eelke; van Sark, Wilfried; Louwen, Atse; Arancon, Sofia; Weiss, Ingrid; Georghiou, George; Makrides, George; Hadjipanayi, Maria; Loucaidou, Eliza; Ioannidou, Monica (Springer, 2019)
      It is generally expected that in the future, photovoltaics will be able to contribute substantially to the mainstream power production, and that through their widespread commercialization, Building-Integrated Photovoltaics ...
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      Early potential induced degradation (PID) detection in the field: Cell shunt resistance characterisation at different degradation rates 

      Florides, Michalis; Makrides, George; Georghiou, George (2018)
      This paper examines the use of two different voltage measurement methods which could be used to detect Potential Induced Degradation (PID) in the field before any significant power loss occurs. The two methods are the open ...
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      Enabling rising penetration and added value of photovoltaic generation by implemention of advanced storage systems (Erigeneia) 

      Florides, Michalis; Oureilidis, Konstantinos; Efthymiou, Venizelos; Georghiou, George; Bayindir, Kamil; Kubicek, Bernhard; Kathan, Johannes; Ubermasser, Stefan; Rechberger, Philipp; Heigl, Hannes; Kilic, Andac; Batar, Gokhan; Bayramoğlu, Ahmet; Violaris, Alexis; Papageorgiou, Ioannis; Baykal, Safak; Terciyanli, Alper (2019)
      Photovoltaic (PV) technology is considered as a very promising solution for electricity generation in the quest for combating climate change. However, several grid issues are emerging when its share in the electricity ...
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      Enhancing storage integration in buildings with photovoltaics (PV-ESTIA project) 

      Nousdilis, Angelos I.; Kryonidis, Georgios C.; Kontis, Eleftherios O.; Papagiannis, Grigoris K.; Christoforidis, Georgios C.; Bouhouras, Aggelos S.; Georghiou, George; Afxentis, Stavros; Papageorgiou, Ioannis; Veleva, Sanja; Kacarska, Marija; Glamocanin, Vlastimir; Kisyov, Petar (2018)
      European Union's energy targets for 2030 include the transformation of the building stock to nearly zero energy buildings (NZEBs). NZEBs are characterized by reduced net-energy demand, since most of their energy needs are ...
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      Intra-day solar irradiance forecasting for PV power generation utilising machine learning models 

      Theocharides, Spyros; Makrides, George; Theristis, Marios; Georghiou, George (2019)
      Accurate PV production forecasting is an important feature that can assist utilities and plant operators in thedirection of energy management and dispatchability planning. In this work, intra-day (1 to 3 hours ahead) solar ...
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      Performance Analysis of Mechanistic and Machine Learning Models for Photovoltaic Energy Yield Prediction 

      Livera, Andreas; Theristis, Marios; Makrides, George; Sutterlueti, Juergen; Ransome, Steve; Georghiou, George (2019)
      In this work, the prediction performance of the mechanistic performance model (MPM) and a machine learning Feed Forward Neural Network (FFNN), was evaluated using yearly datasets, containing sixty-minute average and ...
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      Promoting Effective Generation and Sustainable Uses of electricity (PEGASUS) -The case of the FOSS lab area nanogrid 

      Machamint, Vasileios; Oureilidis, Konstantinos; Charalambides, Constantinos; Efthymiou, Venizelos; Georghiou, George (2018)
      In order to increase the efficient allocation of renewable energy sources (RES), the microgrid concept has been arisen, as a controllable entity being able to operate both grid-connected and isolated in island mode. In ...
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      Residential battery storage sizing based on daily PV production and consumption load profile characterization 

      Afxentis, Stavros; Florides, Michalis; Theocharides, Spyros; Venizelou, Venizelos; Georghiou, George (2018)
      The integration of battery energy storage systems (BESS) to existing grid-connected residential PV systems can reduce issues stemming from the increased PV penetration and at the same time improve the performance of the ...
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      Understanding the evolution of a He and He/O2 capillary plasma jet 

      Lazarou, Constantinos; Wang, Lei; Nikiforov, Anton; Leys, Christophe; Anastassiou, Charalambos; Topala, Ionut; Chiper, Alina; Mihaila, Ilarion; Pohoata, Valentin; Vogel, Pascal; Knodel, Alexander; López, Bienvenida; Reyes, Juan; Molina-Díaz, Antonio; Franzke, Joachim; Georghiou, George (2019)
      In this study, a two-dimensional axi-symmetric model has been developed in order to shed light into the evolution of a He and He/O2 capillary plasma jet. The plasma jet interacts with a dielectric surface placed normal to ...