GIS-based method to evaluate the photovoltaic potential in the urban environments: The particular case of Miraflores de la Sierra

Solar Energy

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 236-245

  Verso, A ^a   Martin, A ^a   Amador, J ^b   Dominguez, J ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

GIS; LIDAR; Photovoltaic; Solar potential

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ROOFS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TREES (MATHEMATICS); URBAN PLANNING;

DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MULTI-CRITERIA APPROACH; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC POTENTIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SOLAR POTENTIAL; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

GIS; LIDAR; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; ROOF; SOLAR POWER; URBAN AREA;

MIRAFLORES DE LA SIERRA; SPAIN;

EID: 84929406172     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.04.018     Document Type: Article

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