Electricity generation from the first wind farm situated at Ras Ghareb, Egypt

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1630-1635

  Ahmed, Ahmed Shata ^a  

^a Port Said University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Availability factor; Generation cost of electricity; Wind power density

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LOCATIONS; COMPETITIVE PRICES; COST ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY OUTPUT; GENERATION COST; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HIGH WINDS; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; POWER DENSITIES; RED SEA; ROTOR DIAMETER; SEASONAL WIND; SPECIFIC COST; TECHNICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL POWER; WIND ELECTRICITY; WIND FARM; WIND MACHINES; WIND PARK; WIND POTENTIAL; WIND POWER DENSITY; WIND SPEED;

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84855770928     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.12.002     Document Type: Review

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