Assessment of the wind energy potential of Kutahya, Turkey

Energy Exploration and Exploitation

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 331-348

  Ozgur, M Arif ^b   Kose, Ramazan ^a  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Frequency distribution; Turkey; Wind characteristics; Wind power curve; Wind resources assessment

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POWER GENERATION; WIND TURBINES;

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; WIND CHARACTERISTICS; WIND POTENTIAL; WIND POWER CURVE; WIND RESOURCES ASSESSMENT;

WIND POWER;

EID: 33846204324     PISSN: 01445987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/014459806779398820     Document Type: Article

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