Energy Return on Energy Invested (ERoEI) for photovoltaic solar systems in regions of moderate insolation

Energy Policy

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 336-344

  Ferroni, Ferruccio ^a   Hopkirk, Robert J ^b  

^a Energy Consultant   (Switzerland)

^b Engineering Research and Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ERoEI; EROI; Germany; Insolation levels; Photovoltaic energy; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR RADIATION;

EROEI; EROI; GERMANY; INSOLATION LEVEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY; SWITZERLAND;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

INSOLATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

GERMANY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84964199211     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.03.034     Document Type: Article

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