Review of wave energy technologies and the necessary power-equipment

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 413-434

  López, Iraide ^a   Andreu, Jon ^a   Ceballos, Salvador ^b   Martínez De Alegría, Iñigo ^a   Kortabarria, Iñigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Power electronics; Power transmission; Wave energy; Wave energy converter; Wave power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; GLOBAL RESOURCES; OFFSHORE ENERGY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS; WAVE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; POWER ELECTRONICS; WAVE POWER;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 84881186824     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.07.009     Document Type: Review

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