Vertically mounted bifacial photovoltaic modules: A global analysis

Energy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 447-454

  Guo, Siyu ^a   Walsh, Timothy Michael ^a   Peters, Marius ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Albedo; Bifacial PV module; Diffuse fraction; Mono facial PV module; PV energy

Indexed keywords

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BETTER PERFORMANCE; DIFFUSE FRACTION; MODULE CONFIGURATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PV ENERGY; PV MODULES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ALBEDO; ANALYTICAL METHOD; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LIGHT EFFECT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 84885952661     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.08.040     Document Type: Article

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