Prospects of solar photovoltaic-micro-wind based hybrid power systems in western Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh in India

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 1340-1351

  Sinha, Sunanda ^a   Chandel, S S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Hybrid power systems; Micro wind turbine; Solar photovoltaics; Solar resource; Western Himalayan region; Wind resource

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; LOCATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NASA; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SPECIFICATIONS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

HYBRID POWER SYSTEMS; MICRO-WIND TURBINES; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR RESOURCES; WESTERN HIMALAYAN REGION; WIND RESOURCES;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84941918008     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.08.078     Document Type: Article

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