Power intermittency, redundancy and tidal phasing around the United Kingdom

Geographical Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-84

  Hardisty, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Power intermittency; Renewable energy; Tidal power; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; ESTIMATION METHOD; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TIDAL POWER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39749149113     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2007.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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