A feasibility study of hybrid wind power systems for remote communities

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 877-886

  Hessami, Mir Akbar ^a   Campbell, Hugh ^a   Sanguinetti, Christopher ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic feasibility; Hybrid power systems; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

BATTERY SYSTEMS; CARBON EMISSIONS; ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS; HYBRID POWER SYSTEMS; HYBRID WIND; ISOLATED COMMUNITY; NET PRESENT COST; REMOTE COMMUNITIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA;

GLOBAL WARMING; WIND POWER;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL WARMING; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 78650417703     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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