Article One-Year Monitoring PV Power Plant Installed on Rooftop of Mineirão Fifa World Cup/Olympics Football Stadium Luís G. Monteiro 1,*, Wilson N. Macedo 2, Pedro F. Torres 2, Márcio M. Silva 3, Guilherme Amaral 1, Alexandre S. Piterman 1, Bruno M. Lopes 4, Juliano M. Fraga 4 and Wallace C. Boaventura 1 1 Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering—Federal University of Minas Gerais (PPGEE/UFMG), Belo Horizonte-MG 31270-901, Brazil;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +55-31-99764-6268 Academic Editor: Senthilarasu Sundaram: Received: 6 December 2016; Accepted: 4 February 2017; Published: 14 February 2017 Abstract: This paper presents results of one-year monitoring of AC side electrical parameters and the characterization of local solar radiation at the biggest rooftop PV Power Plant, with an installed capacity of 1.42 MWp, mounted at Mineirão Football Stadium in Brazil. This stadium is one of the sport facilities that hosted 2014 FIFA World Cup and Rio 2016 Summer Olympics Games in the country.