PV greenhouse system - System description, performance and lesson learned

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 710, Issue , 2006, Pages 251-264

  Al Ibrahim, A ^a   Al Abbadi, Naif ^a   Al Helal, Ibrahim ^b  

^a King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Energy Research Institute   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Energy; Environmental modification; Photovoltaic; Power consumption; Solar radiation; Stand alone power supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749369593     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.710.26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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