Cutting on Diesel, boosting PV: The potential of hybrid Diesel/PV systems in existing mini-grids in the Brazilian Amazon

Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

Volumn C, Issue , 2003, Pages 2620-2623

  Rüther, Ricardo ^a   Schmid, Aloisio L ^b   Beyer, Hans Georg ^a   Montenegro, A A ^a   Oliveira, Sergio H F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b Esplanada dos Ministérios ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN STORAGE; INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS (IPP); MINI-GRIDS;

DIESEL ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FUEL CELLS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HYDROGEN; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 6344244700     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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