Economic feasibility of developing wind turbines in Aligoodarz, Iran

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 645-653

  Mohammadi, Kasra ^a   Mostafaeipour, Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

^b YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aligoodarz; Economic evaluation; Iran; Pay Back; Period; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ALIGOODARZ; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; IRAN; PAY BACK; PERIOD;

WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883888801     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.06.053     Document Type: Article

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