Prospects for Harnessing Wind-Power Economically in the Sultanate of Oman

Applied Energy

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-130

  Al Ismaily, Hilal A ^a   Probert, S Douglas ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HARNESSING; HARNESSIBLE ENERGY; MONSOON REGION; WIND SPEED;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEA LEVEL; SPEED; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

WIND POWER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENERGY SUPPLY; FUTURE PROSPECT; WIND POWER;

OMAN;

EID: 0030257369     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-2619(96)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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