Determining profits for solar energy with remote sensing data

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2934-2938

  Wang, Shifeng ^a   Koch, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electricity; Optimal locations; Remote sensing; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRICITY; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

DATA SETS; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ENERGY SOURCE; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GERMANY; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; OPTIMAL REGIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; REMOTE SENSING DATA;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; ENERGY MARKET; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR POWER;

GERMANY; ITALY;

EID: 77956737499     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.03.025     Document Type: Article

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