DocumentCode :
1282047
Title :
Utilizing Offshore Wind Turbine As Jamaica??s Primary Source of Renewable Wind Energy
Author :
Bailey, K.A.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Technol., Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
Volume :
31
Issue :
5
fYear :
2012
Firstpage :
28
Lastpage :
34
Abstract :
In this paper, the research will proceed to: assess the current onshore wind industry in Jamaica, analyze the feasibility of developing future OnWFs, calculate potential costs, land space and turbines required to achieve a specific generation capacity for future OnWFs, provide details of the proposed OWF, compare the OnWFs and OWFs (cost, efficiency, benefits, and feasibility).
Keywords :
offshore installations; power generation economics; wind power plants; wind turbines; Jamaica; OWF; OnWF; offshore wind farm; offshore wind turbine; onshore wind farms; onshore wind industry; renewable wind energy; Renewable energy resources; Wind farms; Wind power generation;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Potentials, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0278-6648
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MPOT.2012.2201316
Filename :
6296764
Link To Document :
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