The role of artificial intelligence in photo-voltaic systems design and control: A review

This paper is a review on the up to date scientific achievements in applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in Photovoltaic (PV) systems. It surveys the role of AI algorithms in modeling, sizing, control, fault diagnosis and output estimation of PV systems. It also summaries more than 100 research articles in the applications of AI techniques in PV research. A complete comparison between conventional and AI methods is carried out to prove the important role of the AI algorithms play PV systems. The paper compares between the reviewed works and outlines their contributions.