Abstract: There is provided a light trapping dynamic photovoltaic module having a module surface configured to be exposed to solar rays, including a plurality of photovoltaic cell stacks configured adjacent to each other throughout the module surface, wherein each photovoltaic cell stack comprises a plurality of photovoltaic cells. Further, a plurality of reflective strips are placed in between each of the photovoltaic cell stacks for continuously reflecting incident solar rays from one reflective strip to another until absorbed by a photovoltaic cell among said plurality of photovoltaic cells, wherein the incident solar rays are continuously reflected through a mirror phenomenon, wherein the incident solar rays are additionally reflected by front and back panels of the dynamic photovoltaic module, thereby trapping incident solar rays within boundaries of the dynamic photovoltaic module for conversion into electrical energy. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the light trapping photovoltaic module.

Abstract: There is provided a light trapping dynamic photovoltaic module having a module surface configured to be exposed to solar rays, including a plurality of photovoltaic cell stacks configured adjacent to each other throughout the module surface, wherein each photovoltaic cell stack comprises a plurality of photovoltaic cells. Further, a plurality of reflective strips are placed in between each of the photovoltaic cell stacks for continuously reflecting incident solar rays from one reflective strip to another until absorbed by a photovoltaic cell among said plurality of photovoltaic cells, wherein the incident solar rays are continuously reflected through a mirror phenomenon, wherein the incident solar rays are additionally reflected by front and back panels of the dynamic photovoltaic module, thereby trapping incident solar rays within boundaries of the dynamic photovoltaic module for conversion into electrical energy. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the light trapping photovoltaic module.

Abstract: There is provided a method of stabilizing the voltage and reducing power losses in an electric network having a flow of live current and a flow of reactive power, the method comprising reducing the flow of live current by controlling the flow of reactive power within the network. There is also provided an electric network node having a first load point and a second load point, the second load point being at a lower load level than the first load point, the node comprising a reactive power absorber at the first load point and a reactive power generator at the lower load point.

Abstract: There is provided an energy collection system comprising a first switching station electrically connected to a first set of one or more transformation units for receiving a first electrical power generated thereby; a second switching station electrically connected to a second set of one or more transformation units for receiving a second electrical power generated thereby; a sub-transmission station having a first primary electrical connection with the first switching station and a second primary electrical connection with the second switching station for receiving the first and second electrical powers; and a secondary electrical connection between the first and second switching stations; wherein the secondary electrical connection and the first and second primary electrical connections form, alone or using further connections, a closed-loop electrical circuit between the first switching station, the second switching station and the sub-transmission station.

Abstract: There is provided an energy collection system comprising a first switching station electrically connected to a first set of one or more transformation units for receiving a first electrical power generated thereby; a second switching station electrically connected to a second set of one or more transformation units for receiving a second electrical power generated thereby; a sub-transmission station having a first primary electrical connection with the first switching station and a second primary electrical connection with the second switching station for receiving the first and second electrical powers; and a secondary electrical connection between the first and second switching stations; wherein the secondary electrical connection and the first and second primary electrical connections form, alone or using further connections, a closed-loop electrical circuit between the first switching station, the second switching station and the sub-transmission station.

Abstract: There is provided a method of stabilizing the voltage and reducing power losses in an electric network having a flow of live current and a flow of reactive power, the method comprising reducing the flow of live current by controlling the flow of reactive power within the network. There is also provided an electric network node having a first load point and a second load point, the second load point being at a lower load level than the first load point, the node comprising a reactive power absorber at the first load point and a reactive power generator at the lower load point.

Abstract: There is provided a dynamic photovoltaic module omprising the photovoltaic module comprising a number of cell stacks connected in serial therebetween, each cell stack among said cell stacks comprising a number of photovoltaic cells connected in parallel therebetween. In a preferred embodiment, each cell stack comprises a same number of photovoltaic cells having a same cell voltage and cell current equal to the quotient of the module current and the cell current and the number of cell stacks in the module being equal to the quotient of the module voltage and the cell voltage. The proposed dynamic PV module is adapted to mitigate the problem of mismatch effects hence improving the performance of PV modules caused by conditions such as partial and full shading, soiling, non-uniform illuminations, solar concentration and clouds, inside-module defects like broken cells or connectors. There is also provided a method of manufacturing a dynamic PV module.