Development of renewable energy based microgrid project implementations for residential consumers in India: Scope, challenges and possibilities

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 256-269

  Sivarasu, S R ^a   Chandira Sekaran, E ^a   Karthik, P ^a  

^a Coimbatore Institute of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Distributed Generation; JNNSM; Microgrid; NAPCC; Solar PV; Wind

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FOSSIL FUELS; HOUSING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ENERGY-BASED; JNNSM; LOAD SHARING; MICROGRID; NAPCC; PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS; SOLAR PVS; UTILITY GRIDS;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84930197281     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.118     Document Type: Review

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