Estimating global hydrogen production from wind

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 727-736

  Honnery, Damon ^a   Moriarty, Patrick ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electricity; Electrolysis; Transmission; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ENGINES; GAS FUEL MANUFACTURE; GAS PRODUCERS; HYDROGEN; NONMETALS; PIPELINES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TURBINES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ELECTRICITY; ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; MEAN WIND SPEED; SYSTEM LOSSES; TRANSMISSION; UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION; WIND ENERGY; WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION; WIND TURBINE;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 58549107147     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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