Technical and economic potential for photovoltaic systems on buildings

• Main Author: Fath, Karoline (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2018
• Series: Produktion und Energie / Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Institut für Industriebetriebslehre und industrielle Produktion u. Deutsch-Französisches Institut für Umweltforschung
• Subjects: Potenzial; Renewable Energies; Economic; Gebäude; Buildings; Erneuerbare Energien; Photovoltaik; Potential; Wirtschaftlichkeit; Photovoltaics
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Finite fossil resources require the exploitation of alternative energy sources like photovoltaics. A methodology for the economic potential assessment of photovoltaic installations on buildings including building facades has been developed. It is based on detailed irradiation simulations and a combi...