Assessment of wind energy potential for selected areas in Jordan

Renewable Energy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-81

  Bataineh, Khaled M ^a   Dalalah, Doraid ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Present worth of costs; Unit cost per kWh; Wind energy conversion systems; Wind power density

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; PRESENT WORTH; UNIT COST; WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM; WIND POWER DENSITY;

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; ENERGY POLICY; ESTIMATION;

WIND POWER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAYLEIGH WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND POWER;

JORDAN;

EID: 84876421817     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.03.034     Document Type: Article

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