Evaluation of wind energy potential and electricity generation on the coast of Mediterranean Sea in Egypt

Renewable Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1183-1202

  Ahmed Shata, A S ^a   Hanitsch, R ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electricity generation; Specific wind power; Weibull parameter's; Wind characteristics

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; SPECIFIC WIND POWER; WEIBULL PARAMETER'S; WIND CHARACTERISTICS;

WIND POWER;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 32044444887     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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