Estimation of wind energy production in various sites in Australia for different wind turbine classes: A comparative technical and economic assessment

Renewable Energy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 230-236

  Katsigiannis, Yiannis A ^a   Stavrakakis, George S ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Australia; Electricity production; Financial evaluation; Renewable energy sources; Wind energy; Wind turbine classes

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MANUFACTURE; WIND POWER;

AUSTRALIA; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ECONOMICAL FEASIBILITY; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FINANCIAL EVALUATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION;

WIND TURBINES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84897407744     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.11.051     Document Type: Article

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