Assessing complementarity of wind and solar resources for energy production in Italy. A Monte Carlo approach

Renewable Energy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 576-586

  Monforti, F ^a   Huld, T ^a   Bodis K ^a   Vitali, L ^b   D'Isidoro, M ^b   Lacal Arantegui R ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

National Renewable Energy Action Plans; Renewable energies; Solar energy; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; PRODUCTION PROFILES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY PENETRATIONS; SOLAR AND WIND ENERGIES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS;

DIGITAL STORAGE; ECONOMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER; WIND;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CORRELATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; METEOROLOGY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; MODEL VALIDATION; PLANNING METHOD; POWER GENERATION;

ITALY;

EID: 84887003327     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.10.028     Document Type: Article

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