Evaluation of wind energy potential as a power generation source for electricity production in Binalood, Iran

Renewable Energy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 222-229

  Mostafaeipour, Ali ^a   Sedaghat, Ahmad ^b   Ghalishooyan, Morteza ^c   Dinpashoh, Yagob ^d   Mirhosseini, Mojtaba ^e   Sefid, Mohammad ^a   Pour Rezaei, Maryam ^a  

^a YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^e ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Binalood; Economic evaluation; Feasibility; Iran; Potential; Wind

Indexed keywords

BINALOOD; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; FEASIBILITY; IRAN; POTENTIAL;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; WIND; WIND POWER;

WIND EFFECTS;

DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WEIBULL THEORY; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

IRAN;

EID: 84869879676     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.10.030     Document Type: Article

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