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Abstract
The renewable energy sources have gained more and more acceptance in the world due to the economic challenges that have come about as a result of the world oil prices increasing. The adoption of solar photovoltaics (PV) has increased exponentially since the early 2000s, with installed capacity around the world surpassing 222 GW in 2015 and this figure starting to rise to 4500 GW by 2050. The present polycrystalline PV panels have efficiencies of 22.7%. Nevertheless, during summer where the temperatures are between 3545 C, the PV panels are less efficient. This gap thus necessitates the use of efficient Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) controllers. This paper was done by experimental means at the city of Samarkand where a solar photovoltaic simulator was built and operated under the LabVIEW software. How the changes in temperature, irradiation, series resistance, shunt resistance, and ideality factor affect the performance of PV panel were examined.