Status, plans and technologies for offshore wind turbines in Europe and North America

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 646-654

  Breton, Simon Philippe ^a   Moe, Geir ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Europe and North America; Floating wind turbines; New offshore solutions; Offshore potential; Offshore wind turbines; Status and development plans

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENGINES; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLUTIONS; TURBINES; WIND TURBINES;

EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA; FLOATING WIND TURBINES; NEW OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS; OFFSHORE POTENTIAL; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; STATUS AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS;

WIND POWER;

ENERGY PLANNING; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 54149109712     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.05.040     Document Type: Article

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