Wave energy potential in Galicia (NW Spain)

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2323-2333

  Iglesias, G ^a   Lopez M ^a   Carballo, R ^a   Castro, A ^a   Fraguela, J A ^b   Frigaard, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Galicia; Numerical model; Renewable energy; Wave energy; Wave power; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY SOURCE; GALICIA; HIGH LOAD; IBERIAN PENINSULA; NEARSHORE WAVE MODELS; NUMERICAL MODEL; NW SPAIN; OCEAN WAVE MODEL; OFFSHORE WAVES; OPTIMUM LOCATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY; THIRD GENERATION; WAVE CLIMATES; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY POTENTIAL;

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LOCATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WATER WAVES; WAVE POWER; WAVE PROPAGATION;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN WAVE; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE MODELING; WAVE POWER; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67149107423     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.03.030     Document Type: Article

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