Techno-economic optimum sizing of a stand-alone solar photovoltaic system

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 511-519

  Kolhe, Mohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Solar energy; Solar photovoltaic (PV) system; Stand alone renewable energy system; Techno economics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; BATTERY LIFE; BATTERY REPLACEMENTS; LEVELIZED ENERGY COSTS; LIFE PERIOD; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PV ARRAYS; PV SYSTEM; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) SYSTEM; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; STAND -ALONE; STAND-ALONE PV SYSTEMS; STAND-ALONE RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM; STORAGE BATTERY; TECHNO-ECONOMIC; TECHNO-ECONOMICS;

DYNAMIC LOADS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 66849091461     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2008.2001455     Document Type: Article

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