Appraising the viability of wind energy conversion system in the Peninsular Malaysia

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 801-810

  Akorede, Mudathir Funsho ^a,b   Mohd Rashid, Muhd Ikram ^a   Sulaiman, Mohd Herwan ^a   Mohamed, Norainon Binti ^a   Ab Ghani, Suliana Binti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Capacity factor; Mean wind speed; Weibull distribution function; Wind power density; Wind turbine; Wind turbine availability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; CAPACITY FACTORS; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; MEAN WIND SPEED; SMALL-SCALE WIND ENERGIES; WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM; WIND ENERGY PROJECTS; WIND POWER DENSITY;

ENERGY RESOURCES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84884292830     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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