Technical and economic assessment of solar PV/diesel Hybrid power system for rural school electrification in ethiopia

International Journal of Renewable Energy Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 735-744

  Girma, Zelalem ^a,b  

^a ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diesel Generator; HOMER; Hybrid power system; Photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885696069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13090127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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