Evaluating the limits of solar photovoltaics (PV) in electric power systems utilizing energy storage and other enabling technologies

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4424-4433

  Denholm, Paul ^a   Margolis, Robert M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Photovoltaics; Solar

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION;

HOURLY SOLAR INSOLATION; INFLEXIBLE BASELOAD GENERATORS; LOAD SHIFTING;

SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRICAL POWER; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 34250888105     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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