Capacity factor of wind power realized values vs. estimates

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2679-2688

  Boccard, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electricity; Planning; Renewables

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ENERGIES; CAPACITY FACTORS; CARBON EMISSIONS; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; RENEWABLES; WIND POWER INDUSTRIES; WIND SPEED;

WIND POWER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; RATIONALIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 65549151875     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.02.046     Document Type: Article

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