Small wind turbines - A unique segment of the wind power market

Renewable Energy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 1027-1036

  Simic, Zdenko ^a   Havelka, Juraj George ^a   Bozicevic Vrhovcak, Maja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Trg kralja Petra Kresimira IV   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Economic viability; Electricity production; Power curve; Small wind turbine

Indexed keywords

COST OF ELECTRICITY; CROATIA; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; INSTALLED POWER; POWER CURVES; SMALL WIND TURBINE; WIND CHARACTERISTICS; WIND POWER MARKET;

WIND POWER;

WIND TURBINES;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; POWER LAW; TURBINE; WIND POWER;

CROATIA;

EID: 84866505726     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.08.038     Document Type: Article

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