Evaluation of the wind resource and power performance of a turbine in Tenerife

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Veigas, M ^a   Iglesias, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANARY ISLANDS; CAPACITY FACTORS; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; HIGH AVAILABILITY; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; POWER DENSITIES; POWER PERFORMANCE; PREVAILING WINDS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; STUDY SITES; TENERIFE; WEIBULL AND RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTION; WIND DATA; WIND RESOURCES; WIND VELOCITIES;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84868368495     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4754155     Document Type: Article

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