Minimising the levelised cost of electricity for bifacial solar panel arrays using Bayesian optimisation

@article{Tillmann2020MinimisingTL,
  title={Minimising the levelised cost of electricity for bifacial solar panel arrays using Bayesian optimisation},
  author={Peter Tillmann and Klaus J{\"a}ger and Christiane Becker},
  journal={Sustainable Energy \& Fuels},
  year={2020}
}
Bayesian optimisation yields up to 23% lower levelised cost of electricity of bifacial solar farms. 
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