Development and economic assessment of a grid connected 20 MW installed capacity wind farm

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 833-838

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; METEOROLOGY; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

COMMUNICATION TOWERS; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; GRID CONNECTED WIND FARMS; INSTALLED CAPACITY; MEASUREMENT SITES; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; PLANT CAPACITY FACTORS;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

EID: 78149412793     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.09.005     Document Type: Review

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