A decision support system for assessing offshore wind energy potential in the North Sea

Energy Policy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 541-551

  Schillings, Christoph ^a   Wanderer, Thomas ^a   Cameron, Lachlan ^b   van der Wal, Jan Tjalling ^c   Jacquemin, Jerome ^d   Veum, Karina ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d GL Garrad Hassan   (France)

Author keywords

Decision support system; North Sea; Offshore wind energy

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT ANALYSIS; CROSS-BORDER; DECISION MAKERS; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; FUTURE PLANNING; NORTH SEA; OFF-SHORE WIND ENERGY; OFF-SHORE WIND PARKS; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; OFFSHORE WIND POWER; OFFSHORE WINDS; ROAD-MAPS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

WIND POWER;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY PLANNING; GIS; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84865590669     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.06.056     Document Type: Article

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