Minimum cost solution of wind-photovoltaic based stand-alone power systems for remote consumers

Energy Policy

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-117

  Kaldellis, J K ^a   Zafirakis, D ^a   Kavadias, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Battery energy storage; Hybrid system; Wind and solar potential

Indexed keywords

BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY; EVALUATION MODELS; GENERATOR SETS; HIGH COSTS; HIGH QUALITY; HYBRID CONFIGURATIONS; MINIMUM COST; OPTIMUM CONFIGURATIONS; OVER-SIZING; RELIABLE ENERGY; REMOTE CONSUMERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SOLAR POTENTIAL; STAND ALONE POWER SYSTEMS; STANDALONE SYSTEMS; STORAGE REQUIREMENTS; TECHNO-ECONOMICS; TOTAL COSTS; WIND POTENTIAL;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY STORAGE; HYBRID SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWER TRANSMISSION; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

GREECE;

EID: 84856240788     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.11.054     Document Type: Article

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