Review of best practices of solar electricity resources applications in selected Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2838-2849

  Tsikalakis, Antonis ^a   Tomtsi, T ^a   Hatziargyriou, N D ^a   Poullikkas, A ^b   Malamatenios, Ch ^c   Giakoumelos, E ^c   Jaouad, O Cherkaoui ^d   Chenak, A ^d   Fayek, A ^e   Matar, T ^f   Yasin, A ^g  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Electricity Authority of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^c Centre for Renewable Energy Sources   (Greece)

^d CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES   (Algeria)

^e New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA)   (Egypt)

^f Lebanese Association for Energy Saving and for the Environment (ALMEE)   (Lebanon)

^g Palestinian Energy and Environment Research Center (PEC)   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; Distributed energy resources; MENA countries; Photovoltaic (PV); Power systems; Renewable energy sources (RES)

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES; MENA COUNTRIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV); RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY RESOURCES; MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREAS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79955491566     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.03.005     Document Type: Review

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