KALANTAR - Department of Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
SEDIGHI-ZADEH - Department of Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran، Department of Power System Studies, Power Engineering Consultants, MOSHANIR
AHMADIPOUR - Department of Power System Studies, Power Engineering Consultants, MOSHANIR

Both batteries and fuel cells have their own unique contributions to electric power systems. Those two power sources also contain a great potential to back up severe PV power fluctuations under inclement weather conditions. In this paper comparison between batteries and fuel cells is carried out in detail only for their PV power backup options, so their common attributes and different attributes will be discussed.

battery, fuel cell, back up, PV power