Assessment of wind power generation along the coast of Ghana

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-69

  Adaramola, Muyiwa S ^a   Agelin Chaab, Martin ^b   Paul, Samuel S ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^c REHAU Industries   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost; Electricity; Ghana; Wind power; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GHANA; HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEM; SMALL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; UNIT COST OF ELECTRICITY; WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; WIND SPEED;

COASTAL ZONES; COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRICITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84885661816     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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