An improved global wind resource estimate for integrated assessment models

Energy Economics

Volumn 64, Issue , 2017, Pages 552-567

  Eurek, Kelly ^a   Sullivan, Patrick ^a,b   Gleason, Michael ^a   Hettinger, Dylan ^a   Heimiller, Donna ^a   Lopez, Anthony ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Tendril Energy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Global; Integrated assessment model; Resource assessment; Supply curve; Technical potential; Wind

Indexed keywords

SEA ICE; WIND; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

GLOBAL; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; SUPPLY CURVES; TECHNICAL POTENTIAL;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WIND POWER;

EID: 85009724128     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2016.11.015     Document Type: Article

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