Modeling impact of solar radiation on site selection for solar PV power plants in India

International Journal of Green Energy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 486-498

  Jain, Amit ^a   Mehta, Rajeev ^a   Mittal, Susheel K ^a  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

RETScreen; Solar model; Solar PV; Solar radiation; Viability analysis

Indexed keywords

COST OF ELECTRICITY; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; FINANCIAL VIABILITY; GLOBAL RADIATION; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS; NET PRESENT VALUE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RETSCREEN; RETSCREEN MODEL; SOLAR MODEL; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR PVS; SOLAR RADIATION DATA; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; VIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARNINGS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; NASA; SITE SELECTION; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; MODELING; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

INDIA;

EID: 79957845600     PISSN: 15435075     EISSN: 15435083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2011.576293     Document Type: Article

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