Windpower: A turn of the century review

Annual Review of Energy and the Environment

Volumn 25, Issue , 2000, Pages 147-197

  McGowan, Jon G ^a   Connors, Stephen R ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; POLLUTION; WIND TURBINES;

DOMESTIC ENERGY SUPPLIES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 0034499265     PISSN: 10563466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.25.1.147     Document Type: Article

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