An offshore wind atlas for the Canary Islands

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 612-620

  Martin Mederos A C ^a   Medina Padron J F ^b   Feijoo Lorenzo A E ^c  

^a Zona Eólica Canaria S A   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Offshore wind farms; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

CANARY ISLANDS; OFFSHORE WINDS; SATELLITE MAPPING; WEATHER STATIONS; WIND MAPS;

OFFSHORE WIND FARMS;

EID: 78149411482     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.08.005     Document Type: Review

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