Impact of efficiency on area-related system costs

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-207

  Whitaker, Chuck ^a,c   Real, Markus ^b  

^a PVUSA Project   (United States)

^b Alpha Real AG   (Switzerland)

^c Endecon Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS;

SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

EID: 0032669886     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199905/06)7:3<199::AID-PIP263>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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