Investigating the effects of solar modelling using different solar irradiation data sets and sources within South Africa

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2354-2365

  Dekker, J ^a   Nthontho, M ^a   Chowdhury, S ^a   Chowdhury, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ground monitoring station; Mean bias error; Net present cost; Satellite solar data; Solar irradiance; Solar photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

GROUND MONITORING; MEAN BIAS ERRORS; NET PRESENT COST; SOLAR DATA; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR RADIATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENERGY RESOURCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IRRADIANCE; MONITORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84865603366     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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