Development Of A Smart Solar Energy Management System

The increasing demand for clean electrical energy coupled with recent advances in power electronic devices has driven researchers to seek better ways to harness electrical energy from renewable sources. One of such renewable energy sources is solar energy and this paper documents the efforts that have been put into the development of a Smart Solar Energy Management System SSEMS. SSEMS has been designed to effectively harness the suns energy utilise the energy to drive electrical loads and store any excess energy for use when demanded. The paper provides a preliminary documentation of the design simulation construction and testing stages of the energy conversion and supply subunits of the SSEMS.