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Recent Developments in Ocean Energy and Offshore Wind: Financial Challenges and Environmental Misconceptions

verfasst von : Miguel Esteban, Alexandros Gasparatos, Christopher N. H. Doll

Erschienen in: Sustainability Through Innovation in Product Life Cycle Design

Verlag: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

The first generation of (pre-commercial) ocean energy devices emerged in 2008, but comparatively little practical commercial development has taken place in wave and tidal power since then. Currently offshore wind power is in a sense the only true commercial deployment of an ocean energy technology seeing wide-scale adoption. Recently, several developments related to tidal energy are taking place, though progress in wave power devices remains disappointing, with several companies facing financial difficulties. This paper presents a review of recent developments in ocean energy and discusses the financial challenges and environmental misconceptions regarding such technologies.

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Metadaten
Titel
Recent Developments in Ocean Energy and Offshore Wind: Financial Challenges and Environmental Misconceptions
verfasst von
Miguel Esteban
Alexandros Gasparatos
Christopher N. H. Doll
Copyright-Jahr
2017
Verlag
Springer Singapore
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0471-1_50