Energy, cost and LCA results of PV and hybrid PV/T solar systems

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-250

  Tripanagnostopoulos, Y ^a   Souliotis, M ^a   Battisti, R ^b   Corrado, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Hybrid PV T systems; Life cycle assessment; Photovoltaics; PV performance; PV T system performance; Solar system economics

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR RADIATION; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

HYBRID PV/T SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PV PERFORMANCE; PV/T SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; SOLAR SYSTEM ECONOMICS;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

EID: 17444409967     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.590     Document Type: Article

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