Photovoltaic failure is not defined uniformly in the literature. Some definitions indicate that a drop of 80% in maximum output power is considered a PV failure . Others claim a 20% drop in maximal power is a PV failure . Durand and Bowling defined failure as a drop of more than 50% in maximum power output.
Furthermore, some PV failures, such as cell cracks, propagate rapidly [33, 34]; if undetected, they will cause a significant cost loss that may reach up to 10 times the equipment cost . This is because some undetected failures may lead to fire and catastrophic damage to the entire PV system .
The fire caused by PV failures not only results in power reduction and cost losses, but it may sadly lead to fatalities; twenty-two casualties related to fire incidents stemming from PV failures were reported in the UK by BRE National Solar Centre .
Most PV degradation mechanisms may lead to disastrous consequences, including human fatalities, when undetected or neglected. In terms of failure detection techniques, it was pointed out that these should be simple, applicable to most PV systems, cost-effective, accurate, and able to detect failures at low solar irradiance levels.
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