Amman- 21 August 2017

On Thursday 17th of August 2017, The School of Natural Resources Engineering hosted Prof. Issa Batarseh from University of Central Florida, to present a lecture on “Future Smart PV Systems with Mini- Invertor and Battery Integration”

Prof. Batarseh covered several topics: Solar Power Trend and Market, Current Challenging Issues, Solution for IPV++ System its features and technical readiness and risks.

He explained that the PV penetration in USA residential has grown since 2005 by approximately 51% per year, giving comparison in prices between Solar PV and Wind Onshore power plants in different countries and the cost of solar electricity generation in comparison with other power sources, with some insights for future expectations in terms of prices, generation and installations.

He also mentioned the benefits of IPV++ Modules as being simple, safe, smart, reliable, powerful and easy to install, besides the main barriers and challenges implementing the smart PV System such as complex installation and expensive value chain, PV generation and local profile mismatch, battery+ PV integration has not taken off yet and battery operation at high ambient temperature, expressing the need for innovative solutions to overcome these challenges.

At the end of the lecture a question and answer session was conducted.