Designing large arrays of tidal turbines: A synthesis and review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 454-472

  Vennell, Ross ^a   Funke, Simon W ^b,c   Draper, Scott ^d   Stevens, Craig ^e   Divett, Tim ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Farm design; Resource assessment; Tidal stream energy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIDAL STREAM;

ACCELERATED FLOWS; FARM DESIGN; LARGE ARRAYS; MACRO DESIGN; NARROW CHANNEL; POWER OUTPUT; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; TIDAL CURRENT ENERGY; TIDAL STREAM ENERGY; TIDAL TURBINES;

TURBINES;

EID: 84907605342     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.08.022     Document Type: Review

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