Meeting the electrical energy needs of a residential building with a wind-photovoltaic hybrid system

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2554-2569

  Mohammadnezami, Mohammad Hosein ^a   Ehyaei, Mehdi Ali ^a   Rosen, Marc A ^b   Ahmadi, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical energy need; Hybrid system; Photovoltaic; Residential building; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; WIND TURBINE;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 84926350874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7032554     Document Type: Article

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