Offshore wind energy in europe - A review of the state-of-the-art

Wind Energy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-52

  Henderson, Andrew R ^a   Morgan, Colin ^b   Smith, Bernie ^c   Sørensen, Hans C ^d   Barthelmie, Rebecca J ^e   Boesmans, Bart ^f  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DNV GL   (Norway)

^c John Brown Hydrocarbons Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Energi and Miljoe Undersoegelser   (Denmark)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Offshore wind energy; Offshore wind turbine

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COAL FIRED BOILERS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INSTALLATION; INVESTMENTS; LAND USE; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; POWER PLANTS; TURBULENCE; WIND TURBINES;

OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; WIND FARMS;

WIND POWER;

OFFSHORE ACTIVITY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

ENERGY RESOURCE; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 2942591120     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.82     Document Type: Review

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