Feasibility study of offshore wind turbine installation in Iran compared with the world

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1722-1743

  Mostafaeipour, Ali ^a  

^a YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea; Feasibility study; Iran; Offshore wind; Persian Gulf; Turbine; Urmia Lake

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956088152     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.03.032     Document Type: Article

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