Design optimization of a hybrid, small, decentralized power plant for remote/rural areas

Energy Procedia

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages 258-270

  Ranjeva, Minna ^a   Kulkarni, Anil K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Hybrid; Remote power; Renewable energy; Rural power; Solar; Wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897137143     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.03.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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