A method to estimate the potential of rooftop photovoltaic power generation for a region

Urban Climate

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-19

  Yuan, Jihui ^a   Farnham, Craig ^a   Emura, Kazuo ^a   Lu, Siqiang ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerial photo data; Potential; PV power generation; Roof utilization; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973158772     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.03.001     Document Type: Article

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