Calculating the offshore wind power resource: Robust assessment methods applied to the U.S. Atlantic Coast

Renewable Energy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 224-233

  Sheridan, Blaise ^a   Baker, Scott D ^a   Pearre, Nathaniel S ^a   Firestone, Jeremy ^a   Kempton, Willett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine spatial planning; Offshore wind power; Resource assessment; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; ASSESSMENT METHODS; ATLANTIC COASTS; AVERAGE POWER; CHESAPEAKE BAY; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY OUTPUT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; MARYLAND; MONOPILES; OFFSHORE AREA; OFFSHORE WIND POWER; OFFSHORE WIND RESOURCES; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; OPERATIONAL AVAILABILITY; POLICY OPTIONS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA; SPATIAL PLANNING; TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS; WAKE EFFECT; WIND FIELD; WIND POWER RESOURCES; WIND REGIME; WIND SPEED DATA;

ENERGY RESOURCES; TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

COASTAL ZONE; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; MARINE RESOURCE; METEOROLOGY; OPEN OCEAN; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; CHESAPEAKE BAY; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856554104     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.11.029     Document Type: Article

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