Wind energy resources in the Ionian Sea

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 815-822

  Karamanis, D ^a   Tsabaris, C ^b   Stamoulis, K ^a   Georgopoulos, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Offshore wind energy; Renewable energy sources; Sustainable development; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

BUOY DATA; CAPACITY FACTORS; DATA UNCERTAINTY; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY YIELDS; GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS; HUB HEIGHT; IONIAN SEA; MAJOR FACTORS; MEAN VALUES; MEAN WIND SPEED; MEAN-WINDS; OFF-SHORE WIND ENERGY; QUIKSCAT; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBINE GENERATOR; WIND ENERGY RESOURCES; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED MEASUREMENT;

BUOYS; ENERGY RESOURCES; PLANNING; SPEED; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

DIURNAL VARIATION; QUIKSCAT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SATELLITE DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77957331603     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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