Environmental impact and waste recycling technologies for modern wind turbines: An overview

Neelam Rathore1, N L Panwar1

  • 1Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

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