Regulatory, technical and financial challenges in the grid connection of wave energy devices

IET Renewable Power Generation

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 555-567

  O'Sullivan, D L ^a   Dalton, G ^a   Lewis, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL OPERATION; DEVICE DESIGN; ECONOMIC CHALLENGES; GENERATOR SYSTEMS; GRID CONNECTIONS; OCEAN-WAVE ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY DEVICES;

WATER WAVES;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 78149418868     PISSN: 17521416     EISSN: 17521424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2009.0187     Document Type: Article

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