Solar power generation using high altitude platforms feasibility and viability

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-359

  Aglietti, G S ^a   Markvart, T ^a   Tatnall, A R ^a   Walker, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerostat; Solar power

Indexed keywords

AIRSHIPS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MOORING CABLES; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION; STANDARDS; SUN;

COST MODELLING; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; ENGINEERING PARAMETERS; HIGH ALTITUDES; HIGH-ALTITUDE PLATFORMS (HAP); PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE (PVM); SOLAR PANELS; STANDARD EQUATIONS; TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY; TECHNICAL PROPERTIES; UNIT COST;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 46749111936     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.815     Document Type: Article

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