An investigation into the potential barriers facing the development of offshore wind energy in Scotland: Case study - Firth of Forth offshore wind farm

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3711-3721

  O'Keeffe, Aoife ^a   Haggett, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic viability; Feed in tariff; Grid; Offshore wind; Public acceptability; Renewables obligation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC VIABILITY; FEED-IN TARIFF; GRID; OFFSHORE WINDS; PUBLIC ACCEPTABILITY; RENEWABLES OBLIGATION;

OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84860221572     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.03.018     Document Type: Review

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