Economics of Wind turbine as an energy fuel saver - A case study for remote application in oman

Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1573-1578

  Malik, A ^a   Al Badi, A H ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Diesel engine; Fuel saver; Oman; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENGINES; FUELS; INVESTMENTS; OPERATING COSTS; WIND TURBINES;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; ANNUAL AVERAGE WIND SPEED; CAPITAL COSTS; DIESEL-ENGINE; DISCOUNT RATES; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; GENERATING UNIT; MINIMUM LOAD; OMAN; PAYBACK PERIODS; PEAK LOAD; REMOTE APPLICATIONS; SPECIFIC COST; WIND DATA; WIND ENERGY;

WIND POWER;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIESEL ENGINE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 69549126015     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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