Estimating the spatial distribution of high altitude wind energy potential in Southeast Europe

Energy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-29

  Ban, Marko ^a   Perković, Luka ^a   Duić, Neven ^a   Penedo, Ricardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b OMNIDEA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Energy systems; High altitude wind energy; Wind mapping

Indexed keywords

WIND; WIND POWER;

ENERGY SYSTEMS; FULLY OPERATIONAL; GEOGRAPHIC DATA; HIGH ALTITUDE WINDS; POWER SOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; WIND MAPPING;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

ALTITUDE; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAPPING METHOD; SOLAR POWER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VISUALIZATION; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880703134     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.12.045     Document Type: Article

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