Effects of surroundings snow coverage and solar tracking on photovoltaic systems operating in Canada

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Mehrtash, Mostafa ^a,b   Rousse, Daniel R ^a,b   Quesada, Guillermo ^a,b  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b Industrial Research Department in Energy Technologies and Energy Efficiency (t3e)   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO CONDITIONS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; RESEARCH SUPPORT; STAND-ALONE PV SYSTEMS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TRACKING (POSITION);

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84887494466     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4822051     Document Type: Article

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