Solar energy potentials in strategically located cities in Nigeria: Review, resource assessment and PV system design

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 550-566

  Okoye, Chiemeka Onyeka ^a   Taylan, Onur ^a   Baker, Derek K ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Commercial cities; Cost of energy; Nigeria; Prefeasibility; Solar energy; Standalone Photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENERGY SECURITY; METEOROLOGY; OUTAGES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

COMMERCIAL CITY; COST OF ENERGIES; NIGERIA; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PREFEASIBILITY; PV SYSTEM; SOLAR ENERGY POTENTIAL; SOLAR RESOURCES; STANDALONE PHOTOVOLTAIC; UNIT COST OF ELECTRICITY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84947715511     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.154     Document Type: Review

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