Mismatch losses in PV power plants

Solar Energy

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-49

  Lorente, Daniel Gómez ^a   Pedrazzi, Simone ^b   Zini, Gabriele ^c   Dalla Rosa, Alberto ^c   Tartarini, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c Amplio Solar srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mismatch; Photovoltaics; PV array; Simulation

Indexed keywords

IV CHARACTERISTICS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MISMATCH; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PV ARRAYS; SIMPLIFIED METHOD; SIMULATION; STANDARD CONDITIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER PLANT;

EID: 84890817099     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.11.026     Document Type: Article

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