Regulatory, design and methodological impacts in determining tidal-in-stream power resource potential

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1694-1698

  Atwater, Joel F ^a   Lawrence, Gregory A ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Regulatory impacts; Tidal energy resource; Tidal power

Indexed keywords

BULK FLOW; CLEAN POWER; ECONOMIC ISSUES; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EXTRACTION; FLOW REDUCTION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REGULATORY IMPACT; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; STREAM ENERGY; STREAM POWER; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL ENERGY; TIDAL ENERGY RESOURCE; TURBINE DESIGNS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; RATING;

TIDAL POWER;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY RESOURCE; KINETIC ENERGY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; TIDAL POWER;

EID: 79952072781     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.12.048     Document Type: Article

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