An investigation of the impacts of climate change on wave energy generation: The Wave Hub, Cornwall, UK

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2404-2413

  Reeve, D E ^a   Chen, Y ^a,b   Pan, S ^a   Magar, V ^a   Simmonds, D J ^a   Zacharioudaki, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Available wave power; Climate change; Energy yield; Renewable energy; Wave energy converter; Wave Hub

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WAVE POWER; CORNWALL; ENERGY EXTRACTION; ENERGY YIELD; NATURAL VARIABILITY; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; WAVE CLIMATES; WAVE CONDITIONS; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS; WAVE ENERGY RESOURCES; WAVE HEIGHTS; WIND DATA; WIND FIELD;

CLIMATE CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCES; EXTRACTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; WATER WAVES; WAVE POWER;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE POWER;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79954626795     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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