Feasibility study of hybrid Diesel-PV power plants in the southern of Algeria: Case study on AFRA power plant

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 546-553

  Khelif, A ^a   Talha, A ^a   Belhamel, M ^b   Hadj Arab, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Diesel power plant; Fuel consumption; Hybrid system; Levelized electricity cost; Profitability; PV generator

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; ARID AREA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FUEL COST; HYBRID CONFIGURATIONS; HYBRID PLANTS; LEVELIZED ELECTRICITY COST; MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PV GENERATORS; TECHNICAL DATA;

ARID REGIONS; DIESEL POWER PLANTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGY; PROFITABILITY;

COSTS;

EID: 84863500455     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2012.06.053     Document Type: Article

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