Seawater pumping as an electricity storage solution for photovoltaic energy systems

Energy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 470-484

  Manfrida, Giampaolo ^a   Secchi, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Photovoltaics; Seawater; Storage; TRNSYS

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY STORAGE; SEAWATER; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUN; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

ELECTRICITY STORAGES; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SIMULATED OPERATION; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; TRANSMISSION GRIDS; TRNSYS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER PLANT; PUMPING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEAWATER; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL POWER; ENERGY MARKET; PUMP;

ITALY;

EID: 84901482076     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.03.040     Document Type: Article

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