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Wave resource variability: Impacts on wave power supply over regional to international scales
Helen C.M Smith,
Iain Fairley,
Bryson Robertson,
Mohammad Abusara,
Ian Masters 
Energy Procedia, Volume: 125, Pages: 240 - 249
Swansea University Author:
Ian Masters
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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.08.202
Abstract
The intermittent, irregular and variable nature of the wave energy resource has implications for the supply of wave-generated electricity into the grid; intermittency of renewable power may lead to frequency and voltage fluctuations in the transmission and distribution networks. This study analyses...
| Published in: | Energy Procedia |
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| ISSN: | 1876-6102 |
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2017
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35286 |
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The intermittent, irregular and variable nature of the wave energy resource has implications for the supply of wave-generated electricity into the grid; intermittency of renewable power may lead to frequency and voltage fluctuations in the transmission and distribution networks. This study analyses the wave resource over different spatial scales to investigate the potential impacts of the resource variability on the grid supply. It is found that the deployment of multiple wave energy sites results in a reduction in step changes in power, leading to an overall smoothing of the wave-generated electrical power. |
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| Keywords: |
Wave resource; Resource variability; Intermittancy; SWAN; Grid integration |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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240 |
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249 |