Review of early operation of UK round 1 offshore wind farms

IEEE PES General Meeting, PES 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Feng, Y ^a   Tavner, P J ^a   Long, H ^a   Bialek, J W ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE COST; CAPITAL GRANTS; CARBON EMISSIONS; DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY; HIGH WIND SPEED; IN-LINE; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; OFFSHORE WIND POWER; OFFSHORE WINDS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; WIND SPEED;

AVAILABILITY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 78649576711     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PES.2010.5590159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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