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Tarikua Mekashaw Zenebe

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Tarikua Mekashaw Zenebe

PhD Candidate
Department of electric energy
Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

tarikua.zenebe@ntnu.no
+4792972271 Elektro E/F, E452, Gløshaugen
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About

I am always keen to know more about renewable energy, especially solar energy. As a result, currently I am a PhD candidate, working on "Data Driven Approach for PV Operational Fault Analysis" for the purpose of enhancing PV performance. I got my master’s degree in renewable energy at University of Oldenburg, Germany. I did my BSc. degree in electrical power engineering at Addis Ababa Institute of Technology in Ethiopia. 

Research interests

  • Renewable energy
  • Solar PV system operation and maintenance
  • Solar PV reliability and safety: Fault prognosis and diagnosis
  • Data-driven methods (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning)
  • Agrivoltaic

 

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2025

  • Zenebe, Tarikua Mekashaw; Midtgård, Ole-Morten; Völler, Steve; Dimd, Berhane Darsene. (2025) Solar photovoltaic array short circuit fault analysis with machine learning using pre-trained convolutional neural network for feature selection. Solar Energy Advances
    Academic article

2022

  • Zenebe, Tarikua Mekashaw; Kebede, Lemu; Midtgård, Ole-Morten; Völler, Steve. (2022) Performance Evaluation and Operational Faults Analysis for PV System Protection and Safety Standard Improvement.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Zenebe, Tarikua Mekashaw; Midtgård, Ole-Morten; Völler, Steve; Cali, Umit. (2022) Machine Learning for PV System Operational Fault Analysis: Literature Review. Springer Publishing Company
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Journal publications

  • Zenebe, Tarikua Mekashaw; Midtgård, Ole-Morten; Völler, Steve; Dimd, Berhane Darsene. (2025) Solar photovoltaic array short circuit fault analysis with machine learning using pre-trained convolutional neural network for feature selection. Solar Energy Advances
    Academic article

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  • Zenebe, Tarikua Mekashaw; Kebede, Lemu; Midtgård, Ole-Morten; Völler, Steve. (2022) Performance Evaluation and Operational Faults Analysis for PV System Protection and Safety Standard Improvement.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Zenebe, Tarikua Mekashaw; Midtgård, Ole-Morten; Völler, Steve; Cali, Umit. (2022) Machine Learning for PV System Operational Fault Analysis: Literature Review. Springer Publishing Company
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

TET4100 - Circuit Analysis: giving tutorial.

Outreach

2023

  • Poster
    Zenebe, Tarikua Mekashaw; Midtgård, Ole-Morten; Völler, Steve; Dimd, Berhane Darsene. (2023) Photovoltaic Array Operational Fault Analysis with Machine Learning Using Pretrained Deep Learning Models for Feature Selection. 40th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; Lisbon, Portugal; 18-22 September 2023 , Lisbon 2023-09-18 - 2023-09-22

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