On wind speed pattern and energy potential in Nigeria

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2501-2506

  Adaramola, M S ^a   Oyewola, O M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Electricity; Nigeria; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POTENTIAL; NIGERIA; POWER DENSITIES; POWER OUT PUT; WATER PUMPING; WIND DATA; WIND ENERGY; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRICITY; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

SPEED;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 79953328487     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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