Global long-term cost dynamics of offshore wind electricity generation

Energy

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 663-672

  Gernaat, David E H J ^a   Van Vuuren, Detlef P ^a,b   Van Vliet, Jasper ^b   Sullivan, Patrick ^c   Arent, Douglas J ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated assessment model; Modelling; Offshore wind; Renewables

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; MODELS;

CONSTRAINED RESOURCES; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; GLOBAL INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; OFFSHORE WINDS; RENEWABLES; RESOURCE POTENTIALS; TECHNICAL POTENTIAL;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

BRAZIL; INDONESIA;

EID: 84908466698     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.08.062     Document Type: Article

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