The potential and economic viability of solar photovoltaic power in Ghana

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 709-716

  Asumadu Sarkodie, Samuel ^a   Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ghana; grid connected; renewable energy; RETScreen; solar photovoltaic; solar radiation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING; INVESTMENTS; OUTAGES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

GHANA; GRID-CONNECTED; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RETSCREEN; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84962816230     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567036.2015.1122682     Document Type: Article

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