Analysis of one-axis tracking strategies for PV systems in Europe

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-194

  Huld, Thomas ^a   Cebecauer, Tomáš ^b,c   Šúri, Marcel ^b   Dunlop, Ewan D ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b GeoModel   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Crystalline silicon; Geographical information system; Photovoltaics; Solar radiation; Sun tracking

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL EUROPE; CONCENTRATING PV; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; ENERGY OUTPUT; ENERGY YIELDS; GEOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INCLINATION ANGLES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PV MODULES; PV SYSTEM; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUN-TRACKING; TECHNICAL COMPLEXITY; TRACKING SYSTEM; TWO-AXIS; VERTICAL AXIS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 77951629523     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.948     Document Type: Article

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