The character of power output from utility-scale photovoltaic systems

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-247

  Curtright, Aimee E ^a   Apt, Jay ^a,b,c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grid connected PV systems; Intermittency; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

GRID-CONNECTED PV SYSTEMS; INTERMITTENCY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 42249105531     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.786     Document Type: Article

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