Optimization of photovoltaic-wind hybrid system for apartment complexes and other community living environments by minimizing excess capacity

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 531-536

  Shadmand, Mohammad Bagher ^a   Balog, Robert S ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Battery Back Up; Hybrid Systems; Optimization; Photovoltaic; Sizing; Wind

Indexed keywords

BATTERY BACK-UP; COST EFFECTIVE; COST RECOVERY; DATA RATES; EXCESS CAPACITY; FEDERAL INCENTIVES; HIGHER RESOLUTION; INVESTMENT TAX; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; LIVING ENVIRONMENT; NET METERING; OPTIMIZED SYSTEM; PAYBACK TIME; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; RECURRING COSTS; RELIABLE ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SIZING; STORAGE CAPACITY; SYSTEM COSTS; TECHNO-ECONOMICS;

APARTMENT HOUSES; DEPRECIATION; ECONOMICS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; TAXATION; WIND; WIND TURBINES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84869412406     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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