Cost of wind energy: Comparing distant wind resources to local resources in the Midwestern United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 8758-8765

  Hoppock, David C ^a   Patiño Echeverri, Dalia ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY FACTORS; CAPITAL COSTS; ELECTRICAL OUTPUT; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ILLINOIS; LONG DISTANCE TRANSMISSION; LOWER COST; MINIMAL COST; POWER TRANSMISSION CAPACITY; REMOTE SITES; RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD; WIND ENERGY; WIND FARM; WIND GENERATION; WIND RESOURCES;

COSTS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

WIND POWER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TRADE-OFF; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; WIND POWER;

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; COST CONTROL; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; UNITED STATES; WIND POWER;

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; COST ALLOCATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; POWER PLANTS; WIND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78449233423     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100751p     Document Type: Article

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