Long-term patterns of European PV output using 30 years of validated hourly reanalysis and satellite data

Energy

Volumn 114, Issue , 2016, Pages 1251-1265

  Pfenninger, Stefan ^a   Staffell, Iain ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grid integration of renewables; Meteorological reanalysis; Renewables; Satellite irradiance estimation; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRICITY GRIDS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GRID INTEGRATION; HOURLY SIMULATION; IRRADIANCE ESTIMATION; RAMPING REQUIREMENTS; REANALYSIS; RENEWABLES;

SATELLITES;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; IRRADIANCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; METEOSAT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SATELLITE DATA; SIMULATION; SOLAR POWER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES;

EUROPE;

EID: 84988369428     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.08.060     Document Type: Article

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