The potential and economic viability of wind farms in Ghana

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 695-701

  Asumadu Sarkodie, Samuel ^a   Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Capacity factor; Ghana; renewable energy; wind energy; wind speed

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY POLICY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; PRODUCTIVITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WIND; WIND TURBINES;

CAPACITY FACTORS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; GHANA; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; TYPICAL METEOROLOGICAL YEAR; WIND SPEED; WIND TURBINE MODELING;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84962905885     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567036.2015.1122680     Document Type: Article

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