Choosing the site for the first wave farm in a region: A case study in the Galician Southwest (Spain)

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5525-5531

  Iglesias, G ^a   Carballo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galicia; Numerical model; Wave energy; Wave model; Wave power

Indexed keywords

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

GALICIA; NEAR-SHORE WAVES; NEARSHORES; NUMBER OF WAVES; NUMERICAL MODELS; TOTAL ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE MODELS; WAVE RESOURCE;

FARMS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY RESOURCE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE FIELD;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 80052098879     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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