On the matter of proposed new low-latitude solar reference spectra

Renewable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2645-2652

  Case, M A ^a   Owusu, Y A ^b   Chapman, H ^b   Dargan, T ^b   Ruscher, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Jamaica)

^b FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorological attenuation; Reference spectra; Spectral defining factors; Spectral irradiance; Standard test conditions

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; ECONOMICS; ENERGY RESOURCES; FINANCE; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; IMAGE RECORDING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INVESTMENTS; LABELING; LABELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY; TESTING;

ECONOMY OF SCALE; GLOBAL IMPACTS; LATIN AMERICA; LEVEL OF INTEREST; METEOROLOGICAL ATTENUATION; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; MODULE TEMPERATURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PV MODULES; REFERENCE SPECTRA; REFERENCE SPECTRUM; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR PV SYSTEMS; SPECTRAL DEFINING FACTORS; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; STANDARD TEST CONDITIONS; STANDARD TESTING; TEST CASES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOSSIL FUEL; MODELING; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STANDARDIZATION; TESTING METHOD;

COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY PRODUCTION; FOSSIL FUELS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; METEOROLOGY; POWER PLANTS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SOLAR CELLS; STANDARDS; SUN LIGHT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 49349116986     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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