Energy and clean water coproduction in remote islands to face the intermittent character of wind energy

International Journal of Global Energy Issues

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 298-312

  Kaldellis, John K ^a,b,c   Kavadias, Kosmas A ^a   Kondili, Emilia ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b Soft Energy Application Laboratory   (Greece)

^c Technological Educational Institution   (Greece)

^d TEI of Piraeus in the Optimisation of Production Systems Area   (Greece)

Author keywords

Desalination; Remote islands; Stochastic behaviour; Wind energy; Wind hydro

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; POWER PLANTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; WATER;

REMOTE ISLANDS; STOCHASTIC BEHAVIOR; WIND-HYDRO;

WIND POWER;

DESALINATION; DRINKING WATER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; ISLAND; STOCHASTICITY; WIND POWER;

EID: 33644903212     PISSN: 09547118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijgei.2006.008997     Document Type: Article

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