Offshore and inshore wave energy assessment: Asturias (N Spain)

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1964-1972

  Iglesias, G ^a   Carballo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asturias; Iberian Peninsula; Numerical model; Renewable energy; Spain; SWAN; WAM; Wave energy; Wave power; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER; WAVE PROPAGATION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; NUMERICAL MODELS; POWER WAVES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; WAVE ENERGY;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE POWER; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASTURIAS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 77950337873     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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