Wave Energy Extraction in the Northeast Atlantic: Future Wave Climate Availability
European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) 2017, Cork, Ireland To examine the long-term viability of wave energy extraction locations, we analyse how the wave energy resource of the Northeast Atlantic may change both annually and seasonally towards the end of the twenty first century, using a...
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ftunivcolldublin:oai:researchrepository.ucd.ie:10197/9039 2023-05-15T17:41:08+02:00 Wave Energy Extraction in the Northeast Atlantic: Future Wave Climate Availability Janjić, Jelena Gallagher, Sarah Dias, Frédéric 2017-11-13T13:28:44Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/9039 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/10197/9039 WAVEWATCH III Northeast Atlantic EC-Earth model Climate projections Wave energy converters Conference Publication 2017 ftunivcolldublin 2022-04-08T14:19:13Z European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) 2017, Cork, Ireland To examine the long-term viability of wave energy extraction locations, we analyse how the wave energy resource of the Northeast Atlantic may change both annually and seasonally towards the end of the twenty first century, using a three-grid WAVEWATCH III (WW3) model ensemble. Two greenhouse gas emission scenarios or Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 are analysed, with three members in each RCP wave model ensemble. We examine in detail the percentage of time for which energy extraction is possi- ble, discounting sea states where the Wave Energy Converters (WECs) will be non-operational. This provides a useful analysis of locations around the coast of Ireland, Scotland and France not only where the most energetic wave climate can be found, but also the locations where WEC deployment is the most productive in terms of hours of potential operation of the WEC, compared to the total length of the observed period. The model is forced by EC-Earth data (10 m winds and sea ice fields). A hindcast driven by ERA-Interim fields is also produced for validation. Although a significant reduction in the overall wave energy flux towards the end of the century was found, the subsequent change in potential hours of operation remained stable. Science Foundation Ireland Conference Object Northeast Atlantic Sea ice University College Dublin: Research Repository UCD |
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European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) 2017, Cork, Ireland To examine the long-term viability of wave energy extraction locations, we analyse how the wave energy resource of the Northeast Atlantic may change both annually and seasonally towards the end of the twenty first century, using a three-grid WAVEWATCH III (WW3) model ensemble. Two greenhouse gas emission scenarios or Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 are analysed, with three members in each RCP wave model ensemble. We examine in detail the percentage of time for which energy extraction is possi- ble, discounting sea states where the Wave Energy Converters (WECs) will be non-operational. This provides a useful analysis of locations around the coast of Ireland, Scotland and France not only where the most energetic wave climate can be found, but also the locations where WEC deployment is the most productive in terms of hours of potential operation of the WEC, compared to the total length of the observed period. The model is forced by EC-Earth data (10 m winds and sea ice fields). A hindcast driven by ERA-Interim fields is also produced for validation. Although a significant reduction in the overall wave energy flux towards the end of the century was found, the subsequent change in potential hours of operation remained stable. Science Foundation Ireland |
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Wave Energy Extraction in the Northeast Atlantic: Future Wave Climate Availability |
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Wave Energy Extraction in the Northeast Atlantic: Future Wave Climate Availability |
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Wave Energy Extraction in the Northeast Atlantic: Future Wave Climate Availability |
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Wave Energy Extraction in the Northeast Atlantic: Future Wave Climate Availability |
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Wave Energy Extraction in the Northeast Atlantic: Future Wave Climate Availability |
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wave energy extraction in the northeast atlantic: future wave climate availability |
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