Wind power utilization for water pumping using small wind turbines in Saudi Arabia: A techno-economical review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4470-4478

  Rehman, Shafiqur ^a   Sahin, Ahmet Z ^a  

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

Author keywords

Economical; Green house gases; Renewable energy; Saudi Arabia; Water pumping; Wind energy; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICAL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER PUMPING; WIND SPEED;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

PUMPS;

EID: 84862315040     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.04.036     Document Type: Review

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