• 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
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1282047