Renewable ocean energy in the Western Indian Ocean

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4938-4950

  Hammar, Linus ^a   Ehnberg, Jimmy ^b   Mavume, Alberto ^c   Cuamba, Boaventura C ^c   Molander, Sverker ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Pöyry SwedPower AB   (Sweden)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Africa; Electrification; Indian Ocean; Ocean current power; Otec; Tidal power; Wave power

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; COST-EFFICIENT; ELECTRICITY SOURCE; ELECTRIFICATION; ENERGY SECURITY; HIGH POTENTIAL; INDIAN OCEAN; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; MADAGASCAR; MOZAMBIQUE; OCEAN ENERGY; OTEC; PHYSICAL RESOURCES; POWER SECTOR; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; RESOURCE INTENSITY; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOUTHERN MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN TANZANIA; SPECIFIC LOCATION; TANZANIA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL BARRAGES; TIDAL CURRENTS;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; NATURAL RESOURCES; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION; TIDAL POWER; WIND POWER;

WAVE POWER;

EID: 84862743725     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.04.026     Document Type: Review

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