Characterizing wind power resource reliability in southern Africa

Producing electricity from wind is attractive because it provides a clean, low-maintenance power supply. However, wind resource is intermittent on various time scales, thus introducing variability in power output that is difficult for electric grid planni

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Fant, Charles ; Gunturu, Udaya Bhaskar
Institutions:	World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER), United Nations University
Subject:	wind power \| intermittency \| reliability \| renewable energy \| Africa \| South Africa

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Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number UNU-WIDER Research Paper WP2013/067 2 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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