Systems-based modeling of generation variability under alternate geographic configurations of photovoltaic (PV) installations in Virginia

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 6262-6270

  Collins, Ross D ^a   Crowther, Kenneth G ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Photovoltaic generation; Systems modeling; Tradeoff analysis

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GENERATION; DISPERSED GENERATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; END USERS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; FITTING METHOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSION; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV TEST; LOAD-BALANCING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATION; POWER INFRASTRUCTURES; PV INSTALLATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR GENERATION; SYSTEMS MODELING; TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS; VIRGINIA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRICITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWER QUALITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PROBABILITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 80052759363     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.07.025     Document Type: Article

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