Preliminary assessment of climate change impacts on the UK Onshore wind energy resource

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 30, Issue 14-15, 2008, Pages 1286-1299

  Harrison, G P ^a   Cradden, L C ^a   Chick, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; United Kingdom; Wind climate; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WIND POWER;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS; CLIMATE IMPACTS; FUEL SOURCES; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES; SEASONAL CHANGES; UNITED KINGDOM (UK); WIND ENERGY; WIND RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 47749099707     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567030701839326     Document Type: Article

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