Wave energy resources along the Hawaiian Island chain

Stopa, Justin E.; Filipot, Jean-François; Li, Ning; Cheung, Kwok Fai; Chen, Yi-Leng; Vega, Luis

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2012.12.030

Wave energy resources along the Hawaiian Island chain

Journal Article · Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 EST 2013 · Renewable Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2012.12.030· OSTI ID:1755925

Stopa, Justin E. ^[1]; Filipot, Jean-François ^[2]; Li, Ning ^[3]; Cheung, Kwok Fai ^[3]; Chen, Yi-Leng ^[3]; Vega, Luis ^[3]

Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States); University of Hawaii
Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States); Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (France)
Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States)

Hawaii is subject to direct approach of swells from distant storms as well as seas generated by trade winds all year round. The island chain creates a localized weather system that modifies the wave energy resources from the far field. Here, we implement a nested computational grid across the major Hawaiian Islands at 3-min resolution in the global WaveWatch3 (WW3) model and utilize the Weather Research Forecast (WRF) model to provide high-resolution mesoscale wind forcing over the Hawaii region. Two hindcast studies representative of the year-round conditions provide a quantitative assessment of the regional wind and wave patterns as well as the wave energy resources along the Hawaiian Island chain. These events of approximately two weeks each have a range of wind speeds, ground swells, and wind waves for validation of the modeling system with satellite and buoy measurements prior to its general application.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: FG36-08GO18180

OSTI ID:: 1755925

Journal Information:: Renewable Energy, Journal Name: Renewable Energy Vol. 55; ISSN 0960-1481

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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