Potential of establishment of wind farms in Western province of Saudi Arabia

Energy Procedia

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 497-505

  Shaahid, S M ^a   Al Hadhrami, Luai M ^a   Rahman, M K ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Commercial wind machines; Cost of energy (US kWh); Hub heights; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906847289     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.07.103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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