Detailed analysis of a 550-MW installed capacity wind farm in Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Green Energy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 410-421

  Rehman, Shafiqur ^a   Ahmad, Aftab ^a   Al Hadhrami, Luai M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Plant capacity factor; Turbulence intensity; Wind power density; Wind shear exponent; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

PLANT CAPACITY FACTORS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; WIND POWER DENSITY; WIND SHEARS; WIND SPEED;

AIR; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; SPEED; TURBULENCE; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND POWER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TURBULENCE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND SHEAR; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 77954918637     PISSN: 15435075     EISSN: 15435083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2010.493815     Document Type: Article

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