Energy pay-back period analysis of stand-alone photovoltaic systems

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1444-1454

  Kaldellis, J K ^a   Zafirakis, D ^a   Kondili, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b Optimisation of Production Systems Lab   (Greece)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Lead acid battery; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Optimum sizing; Remote consumer; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY INTENSITY; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; GRID CONNECTED SYSTEMS; GRID-CONNECTED; INPUT ENERGY; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PV MODULES; REMOTE CONSUMERS; REPRESENTATIVE CASE; STAND -ALONE; STAND ALONE PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; SYSTEM COMPONENTS;

ACIDS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRIFICATION; EXPLOITATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABILITY;

DODECANESE; GREECE; RHODES; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 77649190287     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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