Electric power from offshore wind via synoptic-scale interconnection

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 7240-7245

  Kempton, Willett ^a   Pimenta, Felipe M ^a   Veron, Dana E ^a   Colle, Brian A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorologically designed transmission; Meteorology; Transmission; Wind integration; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; GENERATOR; METEOROLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WIND; WIND POWER;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; POWER PLANTS; UNITED STATES; WIND;

EID: 77952115036     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909075107     Document Type: Article

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