Assessing the impacts of free-stream turbines for electricity generation

Due to a number of factors including energy security and climate change, there is an urgent need to transition the global energy supply to renewables. Two potential sources are tidal-stream and hydrokinetic power, utilizing free-stream water turbines as generating devices. Much of the interest in ti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Atwater, Joel Fraser
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54999