@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2022.0896, TITLE={Monte Carlo modelling of the heat balance of a photovoltaic panel and experimental validation}, AUTHOR={Thomas Villemin, Olivier Farges, Gilles Parent, Rémy Claverie, Julien Bouyer, }, JOURNAL={Entropy: Thermodynamics – Energy – Environment – Economy }, VOLUME={3}, NUMBER={Special issue}, YEAR={2022}, URL={https://openscience.fr/Monte-Carlo-modelling-of-the-heat-balance-of-a-photovoltaic-panel-and}, DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2022.0896}, ISSN={2634-1476}, ABSTRACT={It is very well-known that the PV efficiency drops when the PV temperature increases. The development of a numerical model of the energy balance of the panel is used to estimate its temperature by integrating the climatic parameters over time. This balance is interpreted in a probabilistic way by the Monte Carlo method and gives access to the estimation of the system temperature at any probe point. This estimation is validated using experimental data. Then the model is used to determine the electrical production over a month of a 310 W photovoltaic panel.instructions put together below fall into four categories.}}