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Noble et al.
… energy to meet net-zero targets and decarbonise the economy. Harnessing the predictable power of the tides with tidal stream turbines can contribute to this. Tidal energy is a nascent … cost reductions through subsidised deployment alongside research and innovation. Using a range of informed ‘what if?’ scenarios, it shows sensitivity to key inputs. The results show that the … CfD Strike Price in 2025. Varying this between 156 and 220 GBP/MWh results in total investment of GBP 6.7 and 22.3 bn, respectively. Most importantly, a balance is needed between subsidising …
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de Andres et al.
… The purpose of this work is to provide an innovative tool based on the classic Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) which gives an overview of the limits for the technical parameters of Wave Energy Converters (WECs). In this case, the …
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Hodgins et al.
… A linear-generator topology is proposed for wave-energy applications. The main significance of the generator topology is that the relative position of the magnets, copper, and steels has been chosen so that there are no magnetic attraction forces between a stator and a permanent-magnet (PM) translator. The lack of magnetic forces and the modular nature of the generator topology make the manufacture and …
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Child and Venugopal
… In this paper, the influence of the spatial configuration of a wave energy device array upon total power output is investigated. Hydrodynamic interactions are computed using a method capable of producing the linear wave theory solution to arbitrary accuracy. The overall performance of …
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Noble et al.
… The well-known dispersion relation links the length and period of a water wave with the depth in which it propagates. When model testing in tanks, the water … energy devices. This design tool will facilitate experimental planning, quantification of uncertainties, and correlation of model test results with field data. … 10.1016/j.ijome.2017.04.001 …
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Lavidas and Venugopal
… coastal assessment for the Libyan Sea at the South-West Mediterranean. To date majority of information for the area, are based on large scale oceanic models with coarse resolutions not … and analysis provides an in-depth wave energy resource assessment and detail dissemination of sites according to their metocean characteristics. Identification for wave energy is based on the database constructed, allowing the quantification of energy levels and resource implications at sites. Mean values of wave heights around the …
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Martinez et al.
… deployment stage and costs need to be reduced to improve the long term economic viability of the sector. High costs of tidal turbines are, in part, the result of load uncertainties, which … for a 1:15 scale model tested in the FloWave circular, combined wave and current basin at the University of Edinburgh (UK). Three different flow directions were tested and each of them were also combined …
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Alam et al.
… The aging of polymer-composites is a ubiquitous problem that leads to the degradation of mechanical properties, reducing the service life of an engineered structure, and potentialising premature, catastrophic modes of failure. …
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Couch and Bryden
… There is an apparent lack of understanding of the tidal resource and its response to harvesting of energy among the principal proponents of the fledgling UK tidal energy industry: the device …
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Draycott et al.
… scaled tidal turbine is tested in short-duration focused wave groups representative of extreme environmental load cases expected at energetic tidal sites. In this paper, the … are reported. These measurements are found to strongly follow the spectral and temporal form of the focused wave conditions, and peak loads and power output are found to exceed current-only … values by 85% and 200% respectively. These rotor-averaged values display a high level of repeatability, demonstrating the suitability of focused waves for testing seabed-mounted tidal …
- Journal Article: Lavidas and Venugopal
A 35 year high-resolution wave atlas for nearshore energy production and economics at the Aegean Sea
… with wave energy converters power matrices to provide for the first time a long-term analysis of expected power production. Performance of devices is highly dependent on matching the power matrix to the local resource, suitable … high frequencies. Based on energy analysis data, an economic performance and payback period of a hypothetical wave farm is examined. With little information on wave energy in the region, … - Journal Article:
Friedrich and Lavidas
… generators and energy storage are becoming cost competitive. Diesel usually provides about 10% of the demand because most renewables are non-dispatchable and thus the complete decarbonisation … storage and renewable generation capacities. Here a framework for the design and optimisation of HES using wind, wave and solar generation and DSM is introduced. For the Mediterranean it is … has lower benefits because waves act as an energy store for the wind. Thus, the combination of wave energy converters (WECs) and wind turbines significantly reduces the need for backup …
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Draycott et al.
… energy sector has challenging requirements related to the physical simulation of the ocean environment for the purpose of evaluating energy generating technologies. In this paper the demands of the wave and tidal energy sectors are considered, with measurement and characterisation of the …
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Lavidas et al.
… energy is expected to play an important role in the forthcoming years for the de-carbonisation of Scottish and British electricity production. This study underlines the importance of resource assessment and attempts to improve the quantifiable wave power resource, with use of a validated numerical model. While levels of wave flux are high for an area that may not …
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Sellar et al.
… The data analyses and results presented here are based on the field measurement campaign of the Reliable Data Acquisition Platform for Tidal (ReDAPT) project (Energy Technologies … During ReDAPT, a 1 MW commercial prototype tidal turbine was deployed and operated at the Fall of Warness tidal test site within the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Orkney, U.K. Mean … wave identification techniques, the dataset can be filtered into conditions where the effects of waves are present or absent. Due to the volume of results, only flow conditions in the absence …
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Iyer et al.
… government and devolved administrations. Attention has been drawn to this resource as a number of locations with high tidal current velocity have recently been leased by the Crown Estate for … velocity is too low for any power generation. However, it has been proposed that a portfolio of diverse sites located around the UK will deliver a firm aggregate output due to the relative phasing of the tidal signal around the coast. This paper analyses whether firm tidal power is feasible …
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Rahman and Venugopal
… This paper presents a detailed parametric analysis on various input parameters of two different numerical models, namely Telemac3D and Delft3D, used for the simulation of tidal current flow at potential tidal energy sites in the Pentland Firth in Scotland. The motivation behind this work is to investigate the influence of the input parameters on the above 3D models, as the majority of past research has mainly …
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Pizer
… evaluate the maximum power that can be absorbed from a linear three-dimensional multi-degree-of-freedom system. A weighted global constraint is imposed on the system's excursions to ensure that the assumptions of linear theory remain valid. The numerical solution gives good agreement with known semi-analytical results for the case of a heaving hemisphere. A surging hemisphere is also studied, from which the relative merits of …
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Tay and Venugopal
… The oscillating wave surge converter (OWSC) is a type of ocean wave power device typically consisting of a flap, or arm, hinged at the bottom to allow forward and backward movement by surging waves, … in generating electricity from waves due to its capability in operating at a wide range of wave spectra. The power generated from the OWSC could be further maximized by arranging the …
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Scarlett and Viola
… Tidal turbines encounter a range of unsteady flow conditions, some of which may induce severe load fluctuations. Rotor blades can experience stall delay, load hysteresis and dynamic stall. Yet, the range of flow conditions which cause these effects for a full-scale axial-flow turbine are unclear. In …
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