Renewable-energy clusters for remote communities

Applied Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 579-598

  Underwood, C P ^a   Ramachandran, J ^b   Giddings, R D ^a   Alwan, Z ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic electricity demand; Micro wind turbines; Microgrids; Photovoltaics; Remote communities; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

DOMESTIC ELECTRICITY DEMAND; MICRO-WIND TURBINES; MICROGRIDS; REMOTE COMMUNITIES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; INNOVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SOLAR POWER; VILLAGE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 34047119255     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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