New software for hybrid renewable energy assessment for ten locations in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Eltamaly, Ali M ^a   Addoweesh, Khaled E ^a   Bawah, Umar ^a   Mohamed, Mohamed A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE PROBABILITY; DECISION MAKERS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; HOMER SOFTWARES; HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEM; HYBRID RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

LOSS OF LOAD PROBABILITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 84879922544     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4809791     Document Type: Article

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