Multi-criteria assessment of offshore wind turbine support structures

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2831-2837

  Lozano Minguez, E ^a   Kolios, A J ^a   Brennan, F P ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jacket; Monopile; Multi criteria decision making; Offshore wind turbines; TOPSIS method; Tripod offshore support structure

Indexed keywords

JACKET; MONOPILE; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; TOPSIS METHOD; TRIPOD OFFSHORE SUPPORT STRUCTURE;

DECISION MAKING; DRILLING PLATFORMS; GAS INDUSTRY; GROUND SUPPORTS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PRIMARY SECTOR INDUSTRY; WATER DEPTH; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EUROPE;

EID: 79957835968     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.04.020     Document Type: Article

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