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The estimate of the wind energy potential and insolation

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics 2009-09-22 v1
Authors: Kenichiro Aoki
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Abstract

The concise letter points out that the estimates of the global potential of wind power exceeds the amount of kinetic energy in the relevant layer of atmosphere by far more than an order of magnitude. Originally submitted to the Letters section of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in August 2009.

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wind energy potential kinetic energy atmospheric boundary layer global estimate solar insolation

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@article{arxiv.0909.3633,
  title  = {The estimate of the wind energy potential and insolation},
  author = {Kenichiro Aoki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.3633},
  year   = {2009}
}

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