The hydrokinetic power resource in a tidal estuary: The Kennebec River of the central Maine coast

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1492-1501

  Brooks, David A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Maine coast; Kennebec river; Kinetic energy extraction; Tidal power

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL MAINE COAST; ELECTRICAL GRIDS; ENERGY CAPACITY; KENNEBEC RIVER; KINETIC ENERGY EXTRACTION; NUMERICAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PEAK POWER DENSITIES; POWER LEVELS; POWER PULSE; POWER RESOURCES; SEMI-DIURNAL; TIDAL CONDITIONS; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL ESTUARY; TIDAL FLOW; TIDAL RANGES;

BLENDING; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ESTUARIES; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVERS; TIDES;

TIDAL POWER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ESTUARY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIDAL POWER; TURBINE;

KENNEBEC RIVER; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650753918     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.10.029     Document Type: Article

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