Large scale deployment of renewable energy by combining wind farms with solar thermal power plants

American Solar Energy Society - Solar 2006: 35th ASES Annual Conf., 31st ASES National Passive Solar Conf., 1st ASES Policy and Marketing Conf., ASME Solar Energy Division Int. Solar Energy Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 368-373

  Vick, Brian D ^a   Clark, R Nolan ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL LOAD; ELECTRICAL LOADING; LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT; PEAK LOAD; PERFECT MATCHES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WIND FARM;

COMMERCE; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MARKETING; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; WIND POWER;

LOADING;

EID: 84867977414     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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