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Investment Evaluation of Rainwater Tanks
Khastagir, Anirban; Jayasuriya, Niranjali - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 14, pp. 3769-3784
Melbourne, Australia faced fourteen consecutive years of below average rainfall before drought breaking rains in 2010. Melbournians are also concerned about the significant increase in potable water price in the future where the cost is expected to increase by 100% in 5 years. Stormwater...
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A review of solar photovoltaic levelized cost of electricity
Branker, K.; Pathak, M.J.M.; Pearce, J.M. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15 (2011) 9, pp. 4470-4482
As the solar photovoltaic (PV) matures, the economic feasibility of PV projects is increasingly being evaluated using …
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A study of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system in Hong Kong
Li, Danny H.W.; Cheung, K.L.; Lam, Tony N.T.; Chan, … - In: Applied Energy 90 (2012) 1, pp. 122-127
Photovoltaic (PV) is one of the promising solar energy applications. Measured data can give the realistic performance …
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A support strategy for the promotion of photovoltaic uses for residential houses in Korea
Oh, Si-Doek; Lee, Yeji; Yoo, Yungpil; Kim, Jinoh; Kim, … - In: Energy Policy 53 (2013) C, pp. 248-256
installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) facility. To do this, the capacity factor, which is one of the crucial factors for …
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Variety Enterprises Corporation: Capital Budgeting Decision
Meric, Ilhan; Dunne, Kathleen; Li, Sherry F.; Meric, Gulser - In: Review of Business and Finance Studies 1 (2010) 1, pp. 15-25
The capital budgeting decision is one of the most important financial decisions in business firms. In this case, Variety Enterprises Corporation (VEC) is considering whether to invest in a new production system. To determine if the project is profitable, VEC must first determine the weighted...
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Feasibility study and sensitivity analysis of a stand-alone photovoltaic–diesel–battery hybrid energy system in the north of Algeria
Rezzouk, H.; Mellit, A. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 43 (2015) C, pp. 1134-1150
This paper aims to study the techno-economical feasibility of a photovoltaic–diesel–battery hybrid energy system (HES … for a photovoltaic penetration varying from 0% to 100% including a stand-alone diesel system and a stand …-alone photovoltaic system. For each scenario, the power system has been designed and optimized to get a maximum output power at a low …
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Optimal extraction of solar cell parameters using pattern search
AlHajri, M.F.; El-Naggar, K.M.; AlRashidi, M.R.; … - In: Renewable Energy 44 (2012) C, pp. 238-245
This paper presents an application of pattern search optimization technique for extracting the parameters of different … solar cell models. These models are single diode, double diode, and photovoltaic module. The solar cell parameters … estimation is viewed and formulated as a multivariate non-linear optimization problem. The proposed technique is used to solve a …
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An optimal mix of solar PV, wind and hydro power for a low-carbon electricity supply in Brazil
Schmidt, Johannes; Cancella, Rafael; Junior, Amaro … - Department für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, … - 2014
in Brazil can be minimized by optimizing the daily dispatch of photovoltaic, wind, thermal, and hydropower plants. Using …
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Optimal displacement of photovoltaic array’s rows using a novel shading model
Castellano, Nuria Novas; Parra, Gázquez; Antonio, José; … - In: Applied Energy 144 (2015) C, pp. 1-9
Photovoltaic energy has experienced tremendous growth in terms of implementation at facilities for power supply in … amounts of shadowing among them, which can reduce the overall energy produced from the array of photovoltaic panels on … the distance between the rows of fixed photovoltaic panels. The proposed method is based on the exact calculation of the …
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Optimal subsidy estimation method using system dynamics and the real option model: Photovoltaic technology case
Jeon, Chanwoong; Lee, Jeongjin; Shin, Juneseuk - In: Applied Energy 142 (2015) C, pp. 33-43
uncertainties of key energy, economic, and environmental factors. Our method thereby makes subsidy optimization more accurate and … flexible. To evaluate our model, we apply it to the Korean photovoltaic subsidy and determine that the government can achieve … the photovoltaic diffusion target, even if it reduces the total subsidy by $US 359.5million. The optimal approach is to …
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