Quantifying the global wave power resource

Kester Gunn; Clym Stock-Williams

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2012.01.101

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Quantifying the global wave power resource

Kester Gunn Clym Stock-Williams

Renewable Energy Vol. 44 pp. 296-304 · Elsevier BV

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Kester Gunn, Clym Stock-Williams (2012). Quantifying the global wave power resource. Renewable Energy, 44, 296-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2012.01.101

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