Photovoltaic performance and LCoE comparison at the coastal zone of the Atacama Desert, Chile

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 181-186

  Fuentealba, Edward ^a   Ferrada, Pablo ^a   Araya, Francisco ^a   Marzo, Aitor ^a   Parrado, Cristóbal ^a   Portillo, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dust accumulation; Levelized cost of energy; Performance ratio; Photovoltaic systems; Soiling

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; COASTAL ZONES; COSTS; DEGRADATION; DUST; IRRADIATION; LANDFORMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYSILICON; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS;

DUST ACCUMULATION; LEVELIZED COSTS; PERFORMANCE RATIO; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SOILING;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84923823905     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.02.036     Document Type: Article

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