Photovoltaic systems for Malaysian islands: Effects of interest rates, diesel prices and load sizes

Energy

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 204-216

  Lau, K Y ^a   Tan, C W ^b   Yatim, A H M ^b  

^a FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diesel prices; HOMER; Interest rates; Load sizes; Photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SUN;

DIESEL PRICES; HOMER; HYBRID OPTIMIZATION; INTEREST RATES; OPTIMAL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; REAL INTEREST RATES;

COSTS;

DIESEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOFTWARE; SOLAR RADIATION;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84926421590     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.02.015     Document Type: Article

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