Optimising the economic viability of grid-connected photovoltaic systems

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 985-999

  Mondol, Jayanta Deb ^a   Yohanis, Yigzaw G ^a   Norton, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Grid connected photovoltaics; PV electricity cost; PV saving; Sizing ratio; TRNSYS

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ELECTRICITY COSTS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PV SAVING; SIZING RATIO; TRNSYS;

COSTS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MARKET; INSOLATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 61749091059     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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