Spatio-temporal modeling of roof-top photovoltaic panels for improved technical potential assessment and electricity peak load offsetting at the municipal scale

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-69

  Ramirez Camargo, Luis ^a,b   Zink, Roland ^a   Dorner, Wolfgang ^a   Stoeglehner, Gernot ^b  

^a DEGGENDORF INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Energy balance time series; Integrated spatial and energy planning; Open source GIS; Roof top photovoltaic; Solar cadastre

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY BALANCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; ROOFS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

BALANCE TIME; ENERGY PLANNING; OPEN-SOURCE GIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR CADASTRE;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CADASTRE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY PLANNING; GIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

GERMANY;

EID: 84925795579     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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