Wind energy potential for power generation of a local site in Gusau, Nigeria

International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 99-116

  Ajayi, Oluseyi O ^a   Fagbenle, R O ^b   Katende, James ^a   Okeniyi, Joshua O ^a   Omotosho, O A ^a  

^a Covenant University ^*  (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Clean energy; Gusau Nigeria; Weibull analysis; Wind power; Wind speed data

Indexed keywords

CLEAN ENERGY; DRY SEASONS; ENERGY HARVEST; GUSAU-NIGERIA; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV; MEAN-WINDS; METEOROLOGICAL SITES; NIGERIA; RESOURCE POTENTIALS; WEIBULL; WEIBULL ANALYSIS; WIND POWER DENSITY; WIND PROFILES; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED DATA;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND POWER;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; DATA SET; ENERGY MARKET; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEASONALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION; WEIBULL THEORY; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

GUSAU; NIGERIA; ZAMFARA;

EID: 84866455548     PISSN: 21503621     EISSN: 2150363X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/InterJEnerCleanEnv.2011003309     Document Type: Article

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