Assessment of wind power generation potential in Perlis, Malaysia

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 296-308

  Irwanto, M ^a   Gomesh, N ^a   Mamat, M R ^a   Yusoff, Y M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Weibull distribution function; Wind power generation; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPEED; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ANNUAL MEAN; MALAYSIA; MEAN WIND SPEED; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; WIND SPEED;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 84903120175     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.05.075     Document Type: Review

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