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Quantifying the global wave power resource

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  • Gunn, Kester
  • Stock-Williams, Clym

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Justifying continued development and large-scale deployment of Wave Energy Converters (WECs) requires quantification of the potential resource. Currently, estimates are available for individual countries or, at low accuracy, for global resource. Additionally, existing estimates do not provide insight into potential future markets, i.e. the location of the resource.

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  • Gunn, Kester & Stock-Williams, Clym, 2012. "Quantifying the global wave power resource," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 296-304.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:44:y:2012:i:c:p:296-304
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.01.101
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