Wind power in Ontario: An economical valuation

2007 IEEE Canada Electrical Power Conference, EPC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 496-501

  Albadi, M H ^a,b   El Saadany, E F ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacity factor; Economic valuation; IRR; NPV; Wind power; Wind power modeling

Indexed keywords

EARNINGS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ENGINES; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SPEED; STANDARDS; TURBINES; WIND EFFECTS;

CAPACITY FACTOR; CAPACITY FACTORS; ECONOMIC VALUATION; ELECTRICAL POWER; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; IRR; NET PRESENT VALUE; NPV; ONTARIO; WIND ENERGY; WIND POWER MODELING; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED DATA;

WIND POWER;

EID: 49249139712     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EPC.2007.4520382     Document Type: Conference Paper

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