Wave energy potential in the north-west of Sardinia (Italy)

Renewable Energy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 506-521

  Vicinanza, D ^a,b   Contestabile, P ^a   Ferrante, V ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Italy; Numerical model; Sardinia; Wave energy; Wave power

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIES; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HIGH COSTS; HINDCASTS; HOT SPOT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; ITALIAN REGIONS; ITALY; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIKE-21; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES; NEARSHORES; OFFSHORE WAVES; OPERATIONAL COSTS; PROPAGATION MODELS; SARDINIA; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS; WAVE ENERGY POTENTIAL; WAVE MEASUREMENT;

NUMERICAL MODELS; SHORE PROTECTION; WAVE POWER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

COASTAL PROTECTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE HEIGHT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARDINIA;

EID: 84864933783     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.07.015     Document Type: Article

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