Wind power potential assessment for three locations in Algeria

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2495-2504

  Himri, Y ^b   Rehman, S ^a   Draoui, B ^c   Himri, S ^c  

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

^b Societe Algerienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BECHAR   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Green house gases; Plant capacity factor; Renewable energy; Wind energy assessment; Wind farm; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GREENHOUSE GASES; SPEED; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

PLANT CAPACITY FACTORS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; WIND ENERGY ASSESSMENT; WIND FARM; WIND SPEED;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION;

EID: 85058721572     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2007.06.007     Document Type: Review

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