Assessing residential solar rooftop potential in Saudi Arabia using nighttime satellite images: A study for the city of Riyadh

Hector Lopez-Ruiz, Jorge Blazquez () and Michele Vittorio

Energy Policy, 2020, vol. 140, issue C

Abstract: The Saudi National Renewable Energy Program aims to substantially increase the share of renewable energy in the Kingdom's power generation mix. This study explores the extent to which solar rooftop deployment at the residential scale in Riyadh, could be cost-efficient and could accelerate decarbonization of in Saudi Arabia.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia; Remote sensing; Solar rooftop; Photovoltaic (PV) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111399

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