Techno-economic analysis of PEM fuel cells role in photovoltaic-based systems for the remote base stations

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 417-425

  Bezmalinović, Dario ^a,b   Barbir, Frano ^a   Tolj, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Levelized cost of electricity; PEM fuel cells; Photovoltaics; Remote telecommunications base station; Stand alone power system

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; BACK UP; COASTAL AREA; DIESEL GENERATORS; HIGH ENERGY; HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES; LEVELIZED COST OF ELECTRICITIES; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; NO EMISSIONS; PEM FUEL CELL; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PRIMARY SYSTEMS; PROTECTED AREAS; REMOTE AREAS; RENEWABLE SOURCES; STAND ALONE POWER SYSTEMS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY; UTILITY GRIDS;

COMMERCE; CONSERVATION; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

BASE STATIONS;

EID: 84871982827     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.09.123     Document Type: Article

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