PV site suitability analysis using GIS-based spatial fuzzy multi-criteria evaluation

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2554-2561

  Charabi, Yassine ^a   Gastli, Adel ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

FLOWA; Photovoltaic; Prospect; Solar map; Solar power; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

FLOWA; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PROSPECT; SOLAR MAP; SOLAR POWER;

ENERGY RESOURCES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

SOLAR ENERGY;

DECISION ANALYSIS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

OMAN;

EID: 79954574712     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.10.037     Document Type: Article

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