Historical Development and Current Status of Wind Power

Wind Power in Power Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 5-24

  Ackermann, Thomas ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China's 'Ride the Wind' programme; Electricity generation; Indian Boom and wind turbine installation; New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA); Stand alone systems; Wind energy conversion systems; Wind energy support schemes; Wind power; Wind power economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954237833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470012684.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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