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Multi-criteria site selection for offshore renewable energy platforms
- Source :
- Cradden, L C, Kalogeri, C, Martinez Barrios, I, Galanis, G, Ingram, D & Kallos, G 2016, ' Multi-criteria site selection for offshore renewable energy platforms ', Renewable Energy, vol. 87, no. Part 1, pp. 791–806 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2015.10.035
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are commonly used in renewable energy resource analysis to establish optimal locations for development. Previous work focuses either on a single technology with fixed site-selection criteria, or on small, localised areas. The potential for combining or co-locating different offshore energy technologies, particularly over a large region, has been explored previously but at a relatively low level of detail. Here, bespoke resource data from high resolution co-located, co-temporal wind and wave models are presented in a GIS with a range of additional environmental and physical parameters. Dedicated decision-support tools have been developed to facilitate flexible, multi-criteria site selections specifically for combined wind-wave energy platforms, focusing on the energy resources available. Time-series tools highlight some of the more detailed factors impacting on a site-selection decision. The results show that the main potential for combined technologies in Europe is focused to the north and west due to strong resources and acceptable depth conditions, but that there are still obstacles to be overcome in terms of constructability and accessibility. The most extreme conditions generally coincide with the maximum energy output, and access to these sites is more limited.
- Subjects :
- Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
020209 energy
Site selection
02 engineering and technology
7. Clean energy
Civil engineering
site selection
Renewable energy
geographical information systems
Europe
Constructability
Resource (project management)
Work (electrical)
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Systems engineering
Information system
combined platforms
business
Marine renewable energy
Bespoke
Level of detail
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cradden, L C, Kalogeri, C, Martinez Barrios, I, Galanis, G, Ingram, D & Kallos, G 2016, ' Multi-criteria site selection for offshore renewable energy platforms ', Renewable Energy, vol. 87, no. Part 1, pp. 791–806 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2015.10.035
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b1e5a2d733333b3ff0b04ecbb4a235f2