Assessment of large-scale wind energy potential in the emerging city of Duqm (Oman)

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 438-447

  Al Yahyai, Sultan ^a   Charabi, Yassine ^b  

^a Department of Information Technology   (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Duqm; Multi criteria decision; WAsP; Wind energy assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INVESTMENTS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND POWER;

DUQM; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GRID CONNECTED WIND FARMS; LARGE-SCALES; MULTICRITERIA DECISION; PORT CITY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; TEMPORAL DATA; WIND ENERGY ASSESSMENT; WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84925590277     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.03.024     Document Type: Review

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