Towards next generation photovoltaic inverters

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition: Energy Conversion Innovation for a Clean Energy Future, ECCE 2011, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2467-2474

  Xue, Yaosuo ^a   Divya, Kurthakoti C ^a   Griepentrog, Gerd ^b   Liviu, Mihalache ^a   Suresh, Sindhu ^a   Manjrekar, Madhav ^c  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c Smart Grid Applications   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL GENERATION; DEVELOPMENT TRENDS; MICRO GRID; PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PV INVERTER; PV SYSTEM; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; SMART GRID; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY MARKETS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY POLICY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWER QUALITY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 81855228726     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2011.6064096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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