Wave energy resources: Wave climate and exploitation

Renewable Energy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 594-605

  Portilla, Jesus ^a   Sosa, Jeison ^a   Cavaleri, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Power generation; Renewable energy; Spectral energy distribution; Wave climate; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; NORTH ATLANTIC; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; WAVE CLIMATES; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ENERGY RESOURCES; POWER GENERATION; STORMS;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXPLOITATION; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEASONALITY; STORM; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE ENERGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84875630756     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.02.032     Document Type: Article

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