Comparing photovoltaic capacity value metrics: A case study for the city of Toronto

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 715-724

  Pelland, Sophie ^a   Abboud, Ihab ^b  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Capacity credit; Capacity value; Modeling; Peak shaving; Photovoltaic systems

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; PUBLIC UTILITIES;

CANADA; CAPACITY CREDIT; CAPACITY VALUE; MODELING; PEAK-SHAVING; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS;

POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION;

EID: 56749164300     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.864     Document Type: Article

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