Estimation of rooftop solar photovoltaic potential of a city

Solar Energy

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 589-602

  Singh, Rhythm ^a,b   Banerjee, Rangan ^b  

^a NICMAR University   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Land use data; Potential estimation; PVSyst; Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Systems

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; LAND USE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TEMPERATURE;

DAILY LOAD PROFILES; LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT; POTENTIAL ESTIMATION; PVSYST; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT;

SOLAR CELLS;

DATA SET; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUEL CELL; GIS; INSTALLATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN PLANNING;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 84926006796     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.03.016     Document Type: Article

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