Wind power assessment and evaluation of electricity generation in the Gulf of Tunis, Tunisia

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Maatallah, Taher ^a   Alimi, Souheil El ^a   Dahmouni, Anour Wajdi ^a   Nasrallah, Sassi Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Capacity factor; Frequency distribution; Wind power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870853079     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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