Solar City Indicator: A methodology to predict city level PV installed capacity by combining physical capacity and socio-economic factors

Solar Energy

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 325-335

  Gooding, James ^a   Edwards, Holly ^a   Giesekam, Jannik ^a   Crook, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIS; Photovoltaics; Potential quantification; Renewable energy; Resource appraisal

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POTENTIAL QUANTIFICATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESOURCE APPRAISAL; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

CARBON EMISSION; GIS; INSTALLATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOLAR POWER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880714190     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.06.027     Document Type: Article

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