Analysis and inter-comparison of energy yield of wind turbines in Pakistan using detailed hourly and per minute recorded data sets

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2340-2350

  Makkawi, A ^a   Tham, Y ^a   Asif, M ^b   Muneer, T ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Wind energy; Wind resource assessment; Wind turbine generators

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CUMULATIVE FREQUENCIES; DATA SETS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY OUTPUT; ENERGY YIELDS; EQUATORIAL BELTS; HYDROCARBON GAS; INTERCOMPARISON; PAKISTAN; PILOT PROJECTS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; WIND ENERGY; WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION; WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS; WIND FARM; WIND REGIME; WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED DATA; WIND SPEED MEASUREMENT; WIND TURBINE GENERATORS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENGINES; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; MEASUREMENTS; TURBOGENERATORS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 67650272376     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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