Potential analysis of wind energy as a power generation source

Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-28

  Kurban, M ^a   Hocaoglu, F O ^b  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

WAsP; Wind data; Wind energy potential; Wind power generation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; POTENTIAL ANALYSIS; POWER GENERATION SOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; WIND DATA; WIND ENERGY; WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

WIND POWER;

EID: 77649252741     PISSN: 15567249     EISSN: 15567257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567240701759875     Document Type: Article

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