Comparing capacity value estimation techniques for photovoltaic solar power

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 407-415

  Madaeni, Seyed Hossein ^a   Sioshansi, Ramteen ^b   Denholm, Paul ^c  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximation techniques; capacity value; photovoltaic (PV) solar; reliability theory

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION METHODS; APPROXIMATION TECHNIQUES; CAPACITY VALUE; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PV PLANTS; SOLAR PLANT; SUN-TRACKING; WEIGHTED CAPACITIES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84871766924     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2217114     Document Type: Article

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