Operational and reliability analysis of offshore wind farms

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2012, EWEC 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 286-295

  Crabtree, Christopher J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE RATE; MAINTENANCE ACTION; OFFSHORE WINDS; OPERATING REGIMES; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; WIND FARM; WIND SPEED;

DROPS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXHIBITIONS; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 84884365333     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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