Using the microclimate to optimise renewable energy installations

Renewable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1804-1813

  Macleod, Alasdair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microclimate; Microgeneration; Roadside weather stations; Wind power

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MICROCLIMATE; MICROGENERATION; ROADSIDE WEATHER STATIONS;

WIND POWER;

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INSTALLATION; MICROCLIMATE; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STORM; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WEATHER STATION; WIND POWER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HEBRIDES; OUTER HEBRIDES; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41849149667     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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