Historical Evolution of theWave Resource and Energy Production off the Chilean Coast over the 20th Century
The wave energy resource in the Chilean coast shows particularly profitable characteristics for wave energy production, with relatively high mean wave power and low inter-annual resource variability. This combination is as interesting as unusual, since high energetic locations are usually also highl...
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ftunivpaisvasco:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/31830 2023-05-15T17:36:03+02:00 Historical Evolution of theWave Resource and Energy Production off the Chilean Coast over the 20th Century Ulacia Manterola, Alain Peñalba Retes, Markel Rabanal, Arkaitz Ibarra Berastegi, Gabriel Ringwood, John D. Sáenz Aguirre, Jon 2018-09 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10810/31830 https://doi.org/10.3390/en11092289 eng eng MDPI info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/CGL2016-76561-R https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/9/2289 Energies 11(9) : (2018) // Article ID 2289 1996-1073 http://hdl.handle.net/10810/31830 doi:10.3390/en11092289 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0). Atribución 3.0 España CC-BY wave energy trends Chilean coast renewable energy wave energy converters annual mean power production reanalysis wave data regional climate model north-atlantic ocean bias correction power absorption converters simulations variability uncertainty reanalysis height info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2018 ftunivpaisvasco https://doi.org/10.3390/en11092289 2023-01-04T00:21:11Z The wave energy resource in the Chilean coast shows particularly profitable characteristics for wave energy production, with relatively high mean wave power and low inter-annual resource variability. This combination is as interesting as unusual, since high energetic locations are usually also highly variable, such as the west coast of Ireland. Long-term wave resource variations are also an important aspect when designing wave energy converters (WECs), which are often neglected in resource assessment. The present paper studies the long-term resource variability of the Chilean coast, dividing the 20th century into five do-decades and analysing the variations between the different do-decades. To that end, the ERA20C reanalysis of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts is calibrated versus the ERA-Interim reanalysis and validated against buoy measurements collected in different points of the Chilean coast. Historical resource variations off the Chilean coast are compared to resource variations off the west coast in Ireland, showing a significantly more consistent wave resource. In addition, the impact of historical wave resource variations on a realistic WEC, similar to the Corpower device, is studied, comparing the results to those obtained off the west coast of Ireland. The annual power production off the Chilean coast is demonstrated to be remarkably more regular over the 20th century, with variations of just 1% between the different do-decades. The authors with the Centre for Ocean Energy Research in Maynooth University are supported by Science Foundation Ireland under Grant No. 13/IA/1886. It is also supported by grant CGL2016-76561-R, MINECO/ERDF, UE. Additional funding was received from the University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU, GIU17/002). Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic ADDI: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad del País Vasco (UPV) Energies 11 9 2289 |
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wave energy trends Chilean coast renewable energy wave energy converters annual mean power production reanalysis wave data regional climate model north-atlantic ocean bias correction power absorption converters simulations variability uncertainty reanalysis height Ulacia Manterola, Alain Peñalba Retes, Markel Rabanal, Arkaitz Ibarra Berastegi, Gabriel Ringwood, John D. Sáenz Aguirre, Jon Historical Evolution of theWave Resource and Energy Production off the Chilean Coast over the 20th Century |
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The wave energy resource in the Chilean coast shows particularly profitable characteristics for wave energy production, with relatively high mean wave power and low inter-annual resource variability. This combination is as interesting as unusual, since high energetic locations are usually also highly variable, such as the west coast of Ireland. Long-term wave resource variations are also an important aspect when designing wave energy converters (WECs), which are often neglected in resource assessment. The present paper studies the long-term resource variability of the Chilean coast, dividing the 20th century into five do-decades and analysing the variations between the different do-decades. To that end, the ERA20C reanalysis of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts is calibrated versus the ERA-Interim reanalysis and validated against buoy measurements collected in different points of the Chilean coast. Historical resource variations off the Chilean coast are compared to resource variations off the west coast in Ireland, showing a significantly more consistent wave resource. In addition, the impact of historical wave resource variations on a realistic WEC, similar to the Corpower device, is studied, comparing the results to those obtained off the west coast of Ireland. The annual power production off the Chilean coast is demonstrated to be remarkably more regular over the 20th century, with variations of just 1% between the different do-decades. The authors with the Centre for Ocean Energy Research in Maynooth University are supported by Science Foundation Ireland under Grant No. 13/IA/1886. It is also supported by grant CGL2016-76561-R, MINECO/ERDF, UE. Additional funding was received from the University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU, GIU17/002). |
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Historical Evolution of theWave Resource and Energy Production off the Chilean Coast over the 20th Century |
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