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376 Index<br />

<strong>Tidal</strong> power and biofouling , 126<br />

<strong>Tidal</strong> current velocity , 117<br />

Transport fuels, long-term options , 362<br />

V<br />

Very-low-zero-energy housing , 337<br />

Value addition of CTL and GTL , 88<br />

VAPEX, vapour extraction , 15<br />

W<br />

Wave energy , 129<br />

Wave defi nitions , 131<br />

Wave energy, history , 129<br />

Wave energy, irregular sea surface , 132<br />

Wave energy, resource measurement , 133<br />

Wave energy scatter plot , 134<br />

Wave energy, global resource , 135<br />

Wave energy, forecasting , 135<br />

Wave energy, prediction , 135<br />

Wave energy, challenges , 136<br />

Wave energy, transmission , 136<br />

Wave energy, benefi ts , 137<br />

Wave energy, converters , 137<br />

Wave <strong>Energy</strong>, direct mechanical device , 138<br />

Wave energy, indirect pneumatic device , 138 ,<br />

139<br />

Wave energy, overtopping device , 139<br />

Wave energy, onshore , 140<br />

Wave energy, near shore , 140<br />

Wave energy, off shore , 140<br />

Wave energy, capture width , 140<br />

Wave energy, device rating , 140<br />

Wave energy, degrees of freedom , 141<br />

Wave energy, device power map , 141<br />

Wave energy, modern devices , 142<br />

Wave energy, economics , 143<br />

Wave energy, desalination , 147<br />

Wave measurement, buoys , 134<br />

Wave power , 131<br />

Wave spectra , 133<br />

Wave types , 130<br />

Wabiskaw-McMurray deposit , 62<br />

Wind energy , 95<br />

Wind energy, world potential , 97<br />

Wind energy, history , 95<br />

Wind energy, prediction , 98<br />

Wind turbines, evolution , 96<br />

Wind turbine, typical large , 100<br />

Wind turbines, gearboxes , 100<br />

Wind turbines, generators , 100<br />

Wind turbine, offshore foundations , 103<br />

Wind turbines, commercial issues , 104<br />

Wind turbines, operation and maintenance , 105<br />

Wind turbine cost vs. size , 104<br />

Wind power, installed capacity , 96<br />

Wind power, global capacity , 97<br />

Wind power, effect on output , 101<br />

Wind power, grid integration , 101<br />

Wind power, energy storage , 102<br />

Wind energy, curtailment , 102<br />

Wind, offshore , 102<br />

Wind farm, output prediction , 99<br />

Wind farm, electrical layout , 100 , 101<br />

Wind technology , 99<br />

Wind energy costs , 104 , 107<br />

Wind energy, emission reductions , 107<br />

Wind energy, visual impact , 108<br />

Wind energy, land use , 108<br />

Wind energy, noise , 109<br />

Wind energy, environmental considerations ,<br />

109<br />

Wind energy and market structure , 105<br />

Wind energy, quota system , 106<br />

Wind energy and environmental issues , 106<br />

World coal production , 26<br />

World energy outlook , 54<br />

World historic and projected electricity<br />

generation , 353<br />

World historic and projected electricity<br />

capacity , 352<br />

World historic and projected energy supply ,<br />

352<br />

Z<br />

Zero-energy housing , 340

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