Review of 600-2500 kW sized wind turbines and optimization of hub height for maximum wind energy yield realization

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3839-3849

  Alam, Md Mahbub ^a   Rehman, Shafiqur ^a,b   Meyer, Josua P ^a   Al Hadhrami, Luai M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

Hub height; Optimization; Plant capacity factor; Saudi Arabia; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ENERCON; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; HUB HEIGHT; PLANT CAPACITY FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM;

ENERGY CONVERSION; OPTIMIZATION; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 79961109088     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.004     Document Type: Review

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