Ocean wave energy conversion - A survey

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1410-1417

  Muetze, A ^a   Vining, J G ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean renewable energy; Wave energy conversion

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEAN CURRENTS;

OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY; POINT ABSORBER;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 34948849106     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2006.256715     Document Type: Conference Paper

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