Wind energy assessment for five locations in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Eltamaly, Ali M ^a   Farh, Hassan M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY FACTORS; HUB HEIGHT; MINIMUM COST; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; SAUDI ARABIA; TURBINE PARAMETERS; WEIBULL PARAMETERS; WIND ENERGY ASSESSMENT; WIND SPEED;

COSTS; RATING; WIND POWER;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84860491264     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4705116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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