Tidal energy extraction: Renewable, sustainable and predictable

Science Progress

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-111

  Nicholls Lee, R F ^a   Turnock, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy supply; Tidal energy converters

Indexed keywords

EID: 42249099332     PISSN: 00368504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/003685008X285582     Document Type: Article

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