Potential challenges of integrating large-scale wind energy into the power grid-A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 306-321

  Shafiullah, G M ^a   M t Oo, Amanullah ^a   Shawkat Ali, A B M ^a   Wolfs, Peter ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic impacts; Environmental impacts; Renewable energy; Social impacts; Technical impacts; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NATURAL RESOURCES; WIND POWER;

ECONOMIC IMPACTS; MITIGATION TECHNIQUES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE POWER SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL IMPACTS; WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

EID: 84872311202     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.11.057     Document Type: Review

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