Floating offshore wind energy - A review of the current status and an assessment of the prospects

Wind Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Henderson, Andrew ^a   Witcher, David ^a  

^a DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE DESIGNS; CURRENT STATUS; FLOATING SUPPORT; INSTALLATION METHODS; NORTH SEA; OFF-SHORE WIND ENERGY; OPERATING EXPERIENCE; POTENTIAL RESOURCES;

WIND POWER;

DESIGN; FLOATING OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; MODELING; SUPPORT STRUCTURE; WIND FARM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 77952471900     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0309-524X.34.1.1     Document Type: Review

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