Steinke, Gina KristinRufer, Alfred2015-05-262015-05-262015https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/114069An important parameter for the economy of a photovoltaic plant is the coefficient of generated power to needed surface. An analysis of this relationship is done for different solar plants and losses generated by the transmission within such a plant are calculated. Finally a step-up DC-DC converter (non-isolated) is introduced which could improve the efficiency of the energy collection.DC-DC step up converterphotovoltaicelectrical energy productioncovered surface areaefficiencyenergy collectionUse of a DC-DC step up converter in photovoltaic plants for increased electrical energy production and better utilization of covered surface areatext::conference output::conference paper not in proceedings