Photovoltaic systems for powering greenhouses

3rd International Conference on Clean Electrical Power: Renewable Energy Resources Impact, ICCEP 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 474-479

  Carbone, R ^a   De Capua, C ^a   Morello, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

greenhouse energy consumption; greenhouse micro climate control; Greenhouses; PV plants

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING; CROP PRODUCTIVITY; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; FULLY INTEGRATED; GREENHOUSE CROPS; GREENHOUSE ENERGY; GRID-CONNECTED; INCIDENT LIGHT; MICRO-CLIMATE; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PV MODULES; PV-PLANTS; SHADING EFFECT;

CLIMATE CONTROL; CROPS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PRODUCTIVITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

GREENHOUSES;

EID: 80054891367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCEP.2011.6036294     Document Type: Conference Paper

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