Technical and economic potential for photovoltaic systems on buildings

Download or read book Technical and economic potential for photovoltaic systems on buildings written by Fath, Karoline and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-02 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 combination of geographically referenced and statistical data and has been applied to the German building stock for 2015. A prognosis for the potential development until 2050 is given.