The objective of this chapter is to optimize the photovoltaic power plant considering the effects of variable shading on time and weather. For that purpose, an optimization scheme based on the simulator from Sanchez Reinoso, Milone, and Buitrago (2013) and on evolutionary computation techniques is proposed. Regarding the latter, the representation used and the proposed initialization mechanism are explained. Afterwards, the proposed algorithms that allow carrying out crossover and mutation operations for the problem are detailed. In addition, the designed fitness function is presented. Lastly, experiments are conducted with the proposed optimization methodology and the results obtained are discussed.
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