Electrical Components for Marine Renewable Energy Arrays: A Techno-Economic Review

Collin, Adam J.; Nambiar, Anup J.; Bould, David; Whitby, Ben; Moonem, M. A.; Schenkman, Benjamin; Atcitty, Stanley; Chainho, Paulo; Kiprakis, Aristides

doi:10.3390/en10121973

Title: Electrical Components for Marine Renewable Energy Arrays: A Techno-Economic Review

Abstract

This paper presents a review of the main electrical components that are expected to be present in marine renewable energy arrays. The review is put in context by appraising the current needs of the industry and identifying the key components required in both device and array-scale developments. For each component, electrical, mechanical and cost considerations are discussed; with quantitative data collected during the review made freely available for use by the community via an open access online repository. Here, this data collection updates previous research and addresses gaps specific to emerging offshore technologies, such as marine and floating wind, and provides a comprehensive resource for the techno-economic assessment of offshore energy arrays.

Authors:

Collin, Adam J. ^[1]; Nambiar, Anup J. ^[1]; Bould, David ^[1]; Whitby, Ben ^[2]; Moonem, M. A. ^[3]; Schenkman, Benjamin ^[3]; Atcitty, Stanley ^[3]; Chainho, Paulo ^[4]; Kiprakis, Aristides ^[1]

The Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
ITPEnergised, Bristol (United Kingdom)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
WavEC - Offshore Renewables, Lisbon (Portugal)

Publication Date:: Mon Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2017

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1411241

Report Number(s):: SAND-2017-12562J
Journal ID: ISSN 1996-1073; ENERGA; PII: en10121973

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Energies

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1996-1073

Publisher:: MDPI AG

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; marine energy; offshore energy; cost; database; cables; connectors; transformers; electrical components

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                    Collin, Adam J., Nambiar, Anup J., Bould, David, Whitby, Ben, Moonem, M. A., Schenkman, Benjamin, Atcitty, Stanley, Chainho, Paulo, and Kiprakis, Aristides. Electrical Components for Marine Renewable Energy Arrays: A Techno-Economic Review.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Collin, Adam J., Nambiar, Anup J., Bould, David, Whitby, Ben, Moonem, M. A., Schenkman, Benjamin, Atcitty, Stanley, Chainho, Paulo, & Kiprakis, Aristides. Electrical Components for Marine Renewable Energy Arrays: A Techno-Economic Review.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.3390/en10121973

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                    Collin, Adam J., Nambiar, Anup J., Bould, David, Whitby, Ben, Moonem, M. A., Schenkman, Benjamin, Atcitty, Stanley, Chainho, Paulo, and Kiprakis, Aristides. Mon .  
"Electrical Components for Marine Renewable Energy Arrays: A Techno-Economic Review".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.3390/en10121973.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1411241.

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@article{osti_1411241,

  title        = {Electrical Components for Marine Renewable Energy Arrays: A Techno-Economic Review},

  author       = {Collin, Adam J. and Nambiar, Anup J. and Bould, David and Whitby, Ben and Moonem, M. A. and Schenkman, Benjamin and Atcitty, Stanley and Chainho, Paulo and Kiprakis, Aristides},

  abstractNote = {This paper presents a review of the main electrical components that are expected to be present in marine renewable energy arrays. The review is put in context by appraising the current needs of the industry and identifying the key components required in both device and array-scale developments. For each component, electrical, mechanical and cost considerations are discussed; with quantitative data collected during the review made freely available for use by the community via an open access online repository. Here, this data collection updates previous research and addresses gaps specific to emerging offshore technologies, such as marine and floating wind, and provides a comprehensive resource for the techno-economic assessment of offshore energy arrays.},

  doi          = {10.3390/en10121973},

  journal      = {Energies},

  number       = 12,

  volume       = 10,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2017},

  month        = {Mon Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2017}

}

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