Where, when and how much wind is available? A provincial-scale wind resource assessment for China

Energy Policy

Volumn 74, Issue C, 2014, Pages 116-122

  He, Gang ^a,b   Kammen, Daniel M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; High resolution; Spatial and temporal variation; Wind; Wind resources assessment

Indexed keywords

WIND;

CHINA; DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WIND RESOURCES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84924222350     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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