Combined floating offshore wind and solar PV

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dc.contributor.authorLópez, Mario
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez, Noel
dc.contributor.authorIglesias, Gregorio
dc.contributor.funderInterregen
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Regional Development Funden
dc.contributor.funderInstituto Universitario de Tecnología Industrial de Asturiasen
dc.contributor.funderPorts Towards Energy Self-Sufficiency (PORTOS)en
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-21T14:09:07Z
dc.date.available2022-04-21T14:09:07Z
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.date.updated2022-04-21T13:40:27Z
dc.description.abstractTo mitigate the effects of wind variability on power output, hybrid systems that combine offshore wind with other renewables are a promising option. In this work we explore the potential of combining offshore wind and solar power through a case study in Asturias (Spain)-a region where floating solutions are the only option for marine renewables due to the lack of shallow water areas, which renders bottom-fixed wind turbines inviable. Offshore wind and solar power resources and production are assessed based on high-resolution data and the technical specifications of commercial wind turbines and solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. Relative to a typical offshore wind farm, a combined offshore wind-solar farm is found to increase the capacity and the energy production per unit surface area by factors of ten and seven, respectively. In this manner, the utilization of the marine space is optimized. Moreover, the power output is significantly smoother. To quantify this benefit, a novel Power Smoothing (PS) index is introduced in this work. The PS index achieved by combining floating offshore wind and solar PV is found to be of up to 63%. Beyond the interest of hybrid systems in the case study, the advantages of combining floating wind and solar PV are extensible to other regions where marine renewable energies are being considered.en
dc.description.sponsorshipPorts Towards Energy Self-Sufficiency (PORTOS) (Grant number EAPA_784/2018); Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Industrial de Asturias (Grant number SV-20-GIJON-1-19)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid576en
dc.identifier.citationLopez, M., Rodriguez, N. and Iglesias, G. (2020) 'Combined floating offshore wind and solar PV', Journal Of Marine Science And Engineering, 8 (8), 576 (20pp). doi: 10.3390/JMSE8080576en
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/JMSE8080576en
dc.identifier.endpage20en
dc.identifier.issn2077-1312
dc.identifier.issued8en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal Of Marine Science And Engineeringen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/13107
dc.identifier.volume8en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.rights© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectHybrid energy systemsen
dc.subjectMarine renewable energyen
dc.subjectResource assessmenten
dc.subjectSolar energyen
dc.subjectWind energyen
dc.titleCombined floating offshore wind and solar PVen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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