Determination of the wind energy potential for Maden-Elazig, Turkey

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 18-19, 2004, Pages 2901-2914

  Akpinar, E Kavak ^a   Akpinar, S ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Weibull distributions; Weibull parameter; Wind data; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ENERGY POTENTIAL; POWER DENSITY; WEIBULL PARAMETER; WIND DATA;

WIND POWER;

EID: 3142639282     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2003.12.016     Document Type: Article

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