Optimal site matching of wind turbine generator: Case study of the Gulf of Suez region in Egypt

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1870-1878

  EL Shimy, M ^a  

^a The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Capacity factor; Turbine performance index; Weibull probability density function; Wind atlas of Egypt; Wind turbine generator (WTG)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY FACTOR; CAPACITY FACTORS; WEIBULL PROBABILITY; WEIBULL PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WIND TURBINE GENERATORS;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MATLAB; OPTIMIZATION; TURBOGENERATORS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

BIRD; OPTIMIZATION; ORNITHOLOGY; POWER GENERATION; SITE SELECTION; SOFTWARE; WEIBULL THEORY; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

GULF OF SUEZ; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

AVES;

EID: 77949566917     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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