Shifting towards offshore wind energy-Recent activity and future development

Energy Policy

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 136-148

  Kaldellis, J K ^a   Kapsali, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Availability; Levelized cost; Reliability

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY FACTORS; CURRENT STATUS; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; EUROPEAN ENERGY POLICY; FUTURE TRENDS; OFF-SHORE WIND ENERGY; OFFSHORE APPLICATIONS; OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS; OFFSHORE WINDS; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS; TIME ENERGY; WIND FARM;

AVAILABILITY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY POLICY; RELIABILITY;

WIND POWER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY POLICY; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84871464875     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.10.032     Document Type: Article

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