Assessing the vulnerability of wind energy to climate change and extreme events

Climatic Change

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-91

  Pryor, S C ^a   Barthelmie, R J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; EXTREME WIND SPEED; GLOBAL CLIMATES; OPERATING CONDITION; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TURBINE DESIGNS; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WIND ENERGY INDUSTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SHEAR FLOW; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

LOADING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY MARKET; GLOBAL CLIMATE; KNOWLEDGE; STANDARD (REGULATION); VULNERABILITY; WIND TURBINE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84886598593     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0889-y     Document Type: Article

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