Development of a feasibility prediction tool for solar power plant installation analyses

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4078-4086

  Kabalci, Ersan ^a  

^a NEVSEHIR HACI BEKTAS VELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Feasibility prediction; Hierarchical clustering; Solar energy; Solar power plant

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION;

AGGLOMERATIVE HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING; CLUSTERING OPERATION; CLUSTERING RESULTS; DISTANCE METRICS; ENERGY SOURCE; EUCLIDEAN; FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY PREDICTION; HIER-ARCHICAL CLUSTERING; INSTALLATION COSTS; INTELLIGENT METHOD; KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS; LOW MAINTENANCE; MANHATTANS; MINKOWSKI DISTANCE; MOVING PARTS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ALGORITHM; POWER PLANT SITES; PREDICTION TOOLS; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SOLAR IRRADIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INSOLATION; INSTALLATION; IRRADIANCE; POWER PLANT; PREDICTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 79959820280     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.04.047     Document Type: Article

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