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Hydrodynamics-based floating wind turbine support platform optimization: A basis function approach
Hall, Matthew; Buckham, Brad; Crawford, Curran - In: Renewable Energy 66 (2014) C, pp. 559-569
The floating wind turbine support structure design problem is complicated by conflicting technical objectives and innumerable platform geometry options. Previous support structure optimization studies have been limited in their ability to evaluate the full design space due to their adherence to...
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Evaluating the performance of wind turbines in selected locations in Oyo state, Nigeria
Adaramola, M.S.; Oyewola, O.M. - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 12, pp. 3297-3304
The wind speed distribution and wind energy potential are investigated in three selected locations in Oyo state using wind speed data that span between 12 and 20 years measured at 10 m height. In addition, the performance of selected small to medium size wind turbines in these sites were...
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Economic implications of thermal energy storage for concentrated solar thermal power
Wagner, Sharon J.; Rubin, Edward S. - In: Renewable Energy 61 (2014) C, pp. 81-95
Solar energy is an attractive renewable energy source because the sun's energy is plentiful and carbon-free. However, solar energy is intermittent and not suitable for base load electricity generation without an energy backup system. Concentrated solar power (CSP) is unique among other renewable...
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Multidisciplinary design optimization of offshore wind turbines for minimum levelized cost of energy
Ashuri, T.; Zaaijer, M.B.; Martins, J.R.R.A.; van … - In: Renewable Energy 68 (2014) C, pp. 893-905
This paper presents a method for multidisciplinary design optimization of offshore wind turbines at system level. The …. To calculate the system costs, representative cost models of a wind turbine located in an offshore wind farm are used. To …
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Offshore wind energy in the world context
Gaudiosi, Gaetano - In: Renewable Energy 9 (1996) 1, pp. 899-904
The interest for the exploitation of the offshore wind energy is growing in Europe, where man land use is very high … resulting in strong limitation to the installation of onshore wind farms. The today offshore operating wind power is 12 MW, with …
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Offshore wind energy prospects
Gaudiosi, Gaetano - In: Renewable Energy 16 (1999) 1, pp. 828-834
In last two years offshore wind energy is becoming a focal point of national and non national organizations … end of 1997 on global climate change. North Europe is particularly interested in offshore for the limited land areas still … Commission; a significant percentage (25%) could be sited offshore up to 10 000 MW, because of close saturation of the land sites …
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Offshore wind energy in the Mediterranean and other European Seas
Gaudiosi, G. - In: Renewable Energy 5 (1994) 1, pp. 675-691
A general overview of the offshore wind energy activity is reported for the Mediterranean and other European Seas. …
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Review of the various proposals for the European offshore grid
De Decker, Jan; Woyte, Achim - In: Renewable Energy 49 (2013) C, pp. 58-62
The integration of large amounts of renewable power, the will to create a single European Energy Market, and the requirements for system adequacy and security of supply are strong drivers towards more electricity interconnection infrastructure in Europe. This is especially true for the European...
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Life cycle assessment of a floating offshore wind turbine
Weinzettel, Jan; Reenaas, Marte; Solli, Christian; … - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 3, pp. 742-747
the turbines to better wind conditions. After the shift from onshore to offshore areas, there has been an effort to move … offshore wind power and electricity from a natural gas combined cycle is presented. The results indicate similar environmental … impacts of electricity production using floating wind power plants as using non-floating offshore wind power plants. The most …
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A Multivariate and Multimodal Wind Distribution model
Zhang, Jie; Chowdhury, Souma; Messac, Achille; … - In: Renewable Energy 51 (2013) C, pp. 436-447
opportunities for validation. Both onshore and offshore wind distributions are estimated using the MMWD model. Recorded wind data …
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