An Investigation on the Impact of Energy Harvesting in Green IoT with Netsims

Real-world applications such as habitat monitoring, air quality, natural disaster prevention, smart agriculture, and smart building are possible due to the utilization of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). However, in most cases, classic WSN nodes are fueled by non-rechargeable batteries with a limited capacity for energy storage. In this paper, a solar energy harvesting implementation is proposed in a wireless sensor network to increase the lifetime of each sensor node. The implementation may also ideally achieve an infinite lifetime. Nevertheless, there are many other obstacles to overcome and consider in solar energy harvestings, such as temperature fluctuations, solar panel conversion efficiency, solar energy forecasting difficulties, power interruptions, and other environmental or natural phenomenon issues. Therefore, the objective of this research is to review the recent literature on energy harvesting for wireless sensor networks focusing on solar ambient light energy. Using NETSIM simulations, the goal of this investigation would be to achieve reliability and energy efficiency in wireless sensor networks through solar energy harvesting.