Comparative study between fixed and tracking photovoltaic system in south Algeria

Abstract

In this study, we studied the Ouad Nachou photovoltaic station with a capacity of 1.1 MW as a model for studying fixed and variable angle photovoltaic panels (solar tracking). We simulated 4 types of photovoltaic panels present at the station and compared each type in the steady state and in the sun-tracking state, where we found that there was an increase in energy from the photovoltaic panels that track the sun, and the mono-crystalline and polycrystalline types benefited the most from the trackers.