Appraisal of the IEC technical specification for assessment of wave energy resources

This article describes and presents results from research focused on appraising the new technical specification (TS) for the assessment of wave energy resources developed by technical committee 114 of the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC-TC-114). The new IEC TS is appraised through an...

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Published in:Volume 9: Ocean Renewable Energy
Main Authors: Piche, Steffanie, Cornett, Andrew, Baker, Scott, Nistor, IoanI.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2015
Subjects:
Arctic engineering
Energy resources
Sensitivity analysis
Specifications
Wave energy conversion
British Columbia
Canada
Comparison with measurements
International electro-technical commissions
Pilot applications
Resource assessments
Technical committees
Technical specifications
Wave energy resources
Uncertainty analysis
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2015-42198
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Summary:This article describes and presents results from research focused on appraising the new technical specification (TS) for the assessment of wave energy resources developed by technical committee 114 of the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC-TC-114). The new IEC TS is appraised through an extensive pilot application to the waters off the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. A series of wave models are developed and used to simulate the wave conditions and estimate the wave energy resource over the study area. The accuracy of the various resource estimates derived from the model outputs is assessed through comparison with measurements from a directional wave buoy. Furthermore, sensitivity analyses are conducted to determine the main sources of error and uncertainty impacting the precision of resource assessments obtained following the IEC methodology. Preliminary results indicate that the IEC TS can be applied to the estimation of wave energy resources with a reasonable level of effort and accuracy. Peer reviewed: Yes NRC publication: Yes

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