A new method for estimating insolation based on PV-module currents in a cluster of stand-alone solar systems

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 387-404

  Nieuwenhout, Frans ^a   Van Der Borg, Nico ^a   Van Sark, Wilfried ^b   Turkenburg, Wim ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Insolation; Monitoring; Solar irradiation

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; NASA; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

INSOLATION; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR HOME;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 34547510816     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.748     Document Type: Article

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