Modelling solar potential in the urban environment: State-of-the-art review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 915-931

  Freitas, S ^a   Catita, C ^a   Redweik, P ^a   Brito, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

GIS; Photovoltaic; Solar mapping; Solar potential; Urban model

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

BUILDING SURFACE; COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENT STATE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR MAPPING; SOLAR POTENTIAL; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN FEATURES; URBAN MODELING;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84907515367     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.08.060     Document Type: Review

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