Uncertainty analysis of wave energy farms financial indicators

Renewable Energy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 570-580

  Guanche, R ^a   de Andres A D ^a   Simal, P D ^a   Vidal, C ^a   Losada, I J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Internal rate of return; Net present value; Uncertainty; Wave energy converter; Wave interaction

Indexed keywords

EARNINGS; FINANCE; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; LIFE CYCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; NET PRESENT VALUE; UNCERTAINTY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS; WAVE INTERACTIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; LEGISLATION; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; POWER GENERATION; PROFITABILITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TARIFF STRUCTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE POWER; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENERGY MARKET; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 84896359651     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.02.046     Document Type: Article

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