A wind turbine battery charger for Africa

Geoff Watson, B Maboyi, D Matirekwe, H Piggott, O Smyth and N Murgatroyd

Renewable Energy, 1999, vol. 16, issue 1, 934-939

Abstract: The principal objective of the project was to examine the proposition that a wind turbine rated at about 500 watts could be manufactured in Zimbabwe and that it could operate cost-effectively in the low-windspeed conditions characteristic of that country.

Keywords: @low windspeed @ WIND TURBINE @ battery charger for Africa @ technology transfer @ Low Forex @ Zimbabwe Wind Atlas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00326-7

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