Energy storage inherent in large tidal turbine farms

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 470, Issue 2166, 2014, Pages

  Vennell, Ross ^a   Adcock, Thomas A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current; Inertia; Power; Renewable energy; Storage; Tidal

Indexed keywords

DRAG COEFFICIENT; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY STORAGE; WIND POWER;

CALM CONDITIONS; INERTIA; OSCILLATING CURRENT; POWER; POWER EXTRACTION; POWER PRODUCTION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TIDAL;

TURBINES;

EID: 84899798952     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2013.0580     Document Type: Article

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