Assessment of centralized grid connected wind power cost in coastal area of Pakistan

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-373

  Harijan, Khanji ^a   Uqaili, Mohammad A ^a   Memon, Mujeebuddin ^a   Mirza, Umar K ^b  

^a MEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Coastal area; Cost of wind power; Pakistan; Wind duration curve; Wind farm

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; ENGINES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TURBINES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

COASTAL AREA; COST OF WIND POWER; PAKISTAN; WIND DURATION CURVE; WIND FARM;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

ASIA; BALUCHISTAN; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SIND; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 53949112672     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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