Technical and economic evaluation of the utilisation of wind energy at the SANAE IV base in Antarctica

• Main Author: Teetz, Heiko Walter
• Other Authors: Harms, T. M., Von Backstrom, T.W., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2002
• Subjects: Wind power plants > Antarctica; Wind turbines; Renewable energy sources > Antarctica; Dissertations > Mechanical and mechatronic engineering; Theses > Mechanical and mechatronic engineering; Antarctic; SANAE; SANAE IV; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53081

Thesis (MScEng)--University of Stellenbosch, 2002. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The cost of powering Antarctic research stations by conventional diesel electric generator systems is high (Steel, 1993). In order to reduce these costs and airborne pollution due to the combustion of fossil fuels, an investigation...