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These geometric variables jointly determine solar irradiance geometry, shading losses, and land-use efficiency, affecting annual energy yield and levelized cost of electricity. To achieve multi-objective comprehensive optimization of array layout parameters for a PV power generation system, a collaborative optimization strategy for PV array layout based on the lemur optimization (LO) algorithm is proposed in this paper. The method couples the Perez anisotropic irradiance model with a dynamic shading irradiance geometric model to simulate the effective insolation, incorporating land availability, shading thresholds, and maintenance access requirements. In addition, the LO algorithm is employed to solve resulting nonlinear and constrained problems, enabling an efficient global search across large parameter spaces. The case studies in Lianyungang, Dalian, and Fuzhou City show that the proposed scheme based on the LO algorithm improves annual energy yield compared with the existing optimization schemes, providing new theoretical methods and engineering application paths for the optimal layout of PV arrays.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym17111870","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,5]],"date-time":"2025-11-05T07:58:05Z","timestamp":1762329485000},"page":"1870","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Collaborative Optimization Strategy for Photovoltaic Array Layout Based on the Lemur Optimization Algorithm"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Guanhong","family":"Dai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qianhan","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yangyu","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7773-3961","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yu","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhan","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiaoqiang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"36","DOI":"10.23919\/PCMP.2023.000583","article-title":"Recent Advances in Fault Diagnosis Techniques for Photovoltaic Systems: A Critical Review","volume":"9","author":"Yang","year":"2024","journal-title":"Prot. 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