Wind profile assessment at Masitise and Sani in Lesotho for potential off-grid electricity generation

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-127

  Mpholo, Moeketsi ^a,b   Mathaba, Tebello ^a,b   Letuma, Mosuoe ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO   (Lesotho)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Lesotho Meteorological Services   (Lesotho)

Author keywords

Electricity; Masitise; Power density; Sani; Weibull distribution; Wind assessment

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; GLOBAL WINDS; GRID-CONNECTED; MASITISE; OFF-GRIDS; POWER DENSITIES; SANI; WIND PROFILES; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED MEASUREMENT; WIND SPEED PROFILES;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

ELECTRICITY;

EID: 80053347700     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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