Optimum routing of a sailing wind farm

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-103

  Tsujimoto, Masaru ^a   Uehiro, Takashi ^b   Esaki, Hiroshi ^b   Kinoshita, Takeshi ^c   Takagi, Ken ^d   Tanaka, Susumu ^e   Yamaguchi, Hiroshi ^f   Okamura, Hideo ^g   Satou, Masuho ^g   Minami, Yoshimasa ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f LABORATORIES   (Japan)

^g Floating Structures Association of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capacity factor; Navigation simulation; Routing; Weather forecast; Wind farm; Wind turbine generator system

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; MACHINERY; MILLING MACHINES; NAVIGATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; SEMISUBMERSIBLES; TURBOGENERATORS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND TURBINES;

CAPACITY FACTOR; NAVIGATION SIMULATION; ROUTING; WEATHER FORECAST; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE GENERATOR SYSTEM;

WIND POWER;

EID: 63049085154     PISSN: 09484280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00773-008-0034-1     Document Type: Article

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