GIS based multi-criteria assessment of tidal stream power potential: A case study for Georgia, USA

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2310-2321

  Defne, Zafer ^a   Haas, Kevin A ^a   Fritz, Hermann M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

In stream converters; North Atlantic; Site selection

Indexed keywords

LOCATION; SITE SELECTION; TIDAL POWER;

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM DATABASES (GIS); HIGH POWER DENSITY; MULTI-CRITERIA ASSESSMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC; POWER CONVERSION; RANKING PROCEDURES; TIDAL STREAM POWER; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 79952614790     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.02.005     Document Type: Review

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