The influence of technical availability on the energy performance of wind farms: Overview of critical factors and development of a proxy prediction model

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-81

  Kaldellis, J K ^a   Zafirakis, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Downtime period; Maintenance and operation; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WIND TURBINES;

DOWNTIME PERIOD; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; INHERENT CHARACTERISTICS; INTERMITTENT ENERGY PRODUCTION; MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION; OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE; THERMAL POWER GENERATION; WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84874532136     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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