Global Assessment of High-Altitude Wind Power

The available wind power resource worldwide at altitudes between 500 and 12,000 m above ground is assessed for the first time. Twenty-eight years of wind data from the reanalyses by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and the Department of Energy are analyzed and interpolated to study...

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Main Authors: Cristina L. Archer, Ken Caldeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-05-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/2/2/307/