Wave farm impact based on realistic wave-WEC interaction

Energy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 216-229

  Carballo, R ^a   Iglesias, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Numerical modelling; Physical modelling; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NUMERICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

HIGH RESOLUTION; LABORATORY TEST; NEAR-SHORE WAVES; PHYSICAL MODEL TEST; PHYSICAL MODELLING; SPECTRAL WAVE MODELS; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

COSTA DA MORTE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84875405241     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.12.040     Document Type: Article

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