Large scale grid connected (20MW) photovoltaic system for peak load shaving in Sahab Industrial District

Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-59

  Hammad, Mahmoud ^a   Ebaid, Munzer S Y ^b   Halaseh, Ghassan ^a   Erekat, Baslan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Life cycle cost; Net present value; On grid system; Peak load shaving; Photovoltaic system

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GAS TURBINES; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

GRID SYSTEMS; LIFECYCLE COSTS; NET PRESENT VALUE; PEAK LOAD; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS;

COSTS;

EID: 84930065723     PISSN: 19956665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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