%0 Journal Article %T Analysis of Photovoltaic Concentrating Solar Energy Systems %A Garo Pilawjian %J ARPN Journal of Systems and Software %D 2012 %I ARPN Publishers %X In this paper the photovoltaic concentrating solar energy systems are analyzed. Both the Fresnel lens light refraction and mirror light reflection concentrating optical systems are considered. The main parameters and properties of photovoltaic concentrating solar energy systems are outlined. It is shown that the multi-parameter cost optimization is necessary to conduct to reduce the cost of photovoltaic concentrating solar energy systems. %K PV Concentrator Analysis %K Fresnel lens %K Reflecting mirrors %U http://scientific-journals.org/journalofsystemsandsoftware/archive/vol2no3/vol2no3_4.pdf