Siting of large PV farms in Al-Batinah region of Oman

2010 IEEE International Energy Conference and Exhibition, EnergyCon 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 548-552

  Gastli, Adel ^a   Charabi, Yassine ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ENERGIES; FUZZY QUANTIFIERS; LAND AREAS; LAND SUITABILITY; MINIMUM SURFACES; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; RESEARCH STUDIES; SOLAR PLANT; TECHNICAL POTENTIAL;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY RESOURCES; FARMS; SOLAR ENERGY;

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EID: 79958263598     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ENERGYCON.2010.5771742     Document Type: Conference Paper

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