Experimental study of electricity generation by Solar PV/diesel hybrid systems without battery storage for off-grid areas

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1780-1787

  Yamegueu, D ^a,b   Azoumah, Y ^a   Py, X ^b   Zongo, N ^a  

^a Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Diesel generator; Hybrid system; Off grid areas; Solar PV; Without storage

Indexed keywords

BATTERY STORAGE; DIESEL GENERATORS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGHER LOADS; OFF-GRIDS; OPTIMAL POINTS; PEAK LOAD; SOLAR PVS; WITHOUT STORAGE;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; HYBRID COMPUTERS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MESH GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

ELECTRIC GROUNDING;

DIESEL; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 78751704307     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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