Prospects of solar hydrogen production in the Adrar region

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2872-2877

  Boudries, R ^a   Dizene, R ^b  

^a CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Adrar; Algeria; Hydrogen production; PV electrolyzer; Technico economical evaluation; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ADRAR; ALGERIA; PV-ELECTROLYZER; TECHNICO-ECONOMICAL EVALUATION; TRACKING;

ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ENERGY RESOURCES; HYDROGEN; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPLOITATION; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SOLAR POWER; TRACKING;

ADRAR [ALGERIA]; ALGERIA;

EID: 79957816850     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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