Experimental investigation of the optimum photovoltaic panels' tilt angle during the summer period

Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 305-314

  Kaldellis, John ^a   Zafirakis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Experimental measurements; Greece; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GREECE; GRID-CONNECTED; OPTIMUM OPERATION CONDITIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; PV PANEL; SOLAR GEOMETRY; SOLAR POTENTIAL; STANDALONE APPLICATIONS; TILT ANGLE;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLOITATION; GEOMETRY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84856532120     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.11.058     Document Type: Article

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