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Siting of PV power plants on inclined terrains

Yassine CharabiDepartment of Geography, College of Arts & Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. 42, Al-Khodh, Muscat-123, OmanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mohamed Ben Hadj RhoumaDepartment of Mathematics, College of Arts & Sciences, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar
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Adel GastliDepartment of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar
Pages 834-843 | Received 27 Oct 2013, Accepted 02 Feb 2014, Published online: 05 Sep 2014

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