Performance and feasibility assessment of a 1.4 kW roof top grid-connected photovoltaic power system under desertic weather conditions

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-129

  Kazem, Hussein A ^a   Khatib, Tamer ^b   Sopian, K ^c   Elmenreich, Wilfried ^b  

^a SOHAR UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Capacity factor; Grid tied PV system; Oman; PV system; Yield factor

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; SUN;

CAPACITY FACTORS; GRID-TIED PV SYSTEMS; OMAN; PV SYSTEM; YIELD FACTORS; GRID TIED;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 84905399737     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.06.048     Document Type: Article

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