A review of geographic information system (GIS) and techno economic (TE) software tools for renewable energy and methodology to develop a coupled GIS-TE software tool for marine renewable energy (MRE)

O’Connell, Ross; Murphy, Jerry D.; McAuliffe, Fiona Devoy; Dalton, Gordon

doi:10.1177/14750902221150050

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“…The description of the GIS-TE tool can be found on the SELKIE website [24], and [14] provides a detailed explanation of the tool and much of the data contained within it. The methodology for employing the GIS-TE tool in this study, along with a description of some of the data that were more salient to the analysis, are provided in Section 2.1 of this article.…”

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“…This, coupled with the fact that arrays of devices will require efficient and reliable stationkeeping systems to be produced in large numbers, makes the efficient design of stationkeeping systems crucial to the success of marine energy projects. Several techno-economic (TE) tools have been developed for renewable energy and have been reviewed in some detail by [14], a study which also outlined the expected merits of combining TE analysis with a Geographic Information System (GIS). This is due to the fact that many of the inputs involved in the TE analysis of renewable energy projects are inherently spatial in nature.…”

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The Integration of Tools for the Techno-Economic Evaluation of Fixed and Floating Tidal Energy Deployment in the Irish Sea

O’Connell,

Kamidelivand,

Polydoros

et al. 2023

Energies

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Marine renewable energy (MRE) development will be crucial to achieve worldwide energy decarbonization. In Europe, 1 GW and 40 GW of ocean energy are set to be developed by 2030 and 2050, respectively. Support is essential if wave and tidal stream arrays are to become more economically viable than they currently are. Four recently developed open-access software tools are used in this study to investigate the critical and expensive elements of potential demonstration and commercial scale tidal projects. The tools have been designed and built to assist users with array configurations, foundation and mooring (F&M) design, operation and maintenance (O&M) strategies, and techno-economic analysis. Demonstration of their use is performed in this study to model scenarios for 2 MW, 10 MW, 40 MW, and 100 MW tidal energy projects employing typical 500 kW fixed and 2 MW floating turbines at the West Anglesey Tidal Demonstration Zone in the Irish Sea. The following metrics are examined: the power output and wake losses of staggered and line configurations; the design and costs of simple gravity-based foundations, gravity-based anchors and the four-chain catenary mooring system of a single turbine; the mean O&M costs and farm availability over the project life; and the breakdown of levelized cost of energy (LCoE) for all eight scenarios to ultimately reveal minimum values of 173 EUR/MWh and 147 EUR/MWh for fixed and floating tidal energy technologies, respectively. The thorough analysis facilitated within these four tools to forecast realistic situations in a specific location can help users design a tidal energy project for an area with considerable potential for commercial scale projects, and thus assist the ocean energy community in promoting and nurturing the sector in the years and decades ahead.

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The Integration of Tools for the Techno-Economic Evaluation of Fixed and Floating Tidal Energy Deployment in the Irish Sea

O’Connell,

Kamidelivand,

Polydoros

et al. 2023

Energies

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“…Since its foundation in 2008, the International Coastal Atlas Network (ICAN) has encouraged common standards to be applied to CWAs, typically comprising a map area, legends and tools that enable the marine/coastal data to be visualised and queried. Existing CWAs relating to renewable energy have been examined in detail [29], including the Wales Marine Planning Portal [30] and Ireland's Marine Renewable Energy Atlas [31], which were particularly relevant and helpful to this work. However, the study also revealed the distinct lack of an open-access GIS tool geared to ocean energy applications, particularly site selection and project feasibility analysis.…”

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Development and Application of a GIS for Identifying Areas for Ocean Energy Deployment in Irish and Western UK Waters

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Furlong

Guerrini

et al. 2023

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Ireland and the UK possess vast ocean energy resources within their respective maritime areas. However, not all offshore areas are suitable for deployment of ocean energy devices. This article describes the development of a multitude of geospatial data relating to ocean energy site suitability, as well as a Web-GIS tool for hosting and performing analysis on this data. A validation of wave, water depth and seabed character data used in the study revealed good correlation between modelled and in situ data. The data is mapped, and the spatial patterns are discussed with relevance to ORE sector implications. A site selection model, which included much of this data, was developed for this study and the Web-GIS tool. A survey conducted with ocean energy technology developers revealed their desired site criteria. The responses were applied in a case study using the site selection model to uncover potential and optimum areas for deployment of both wave and tidal energy devices. The results reveal extensive areas of the Atlantic Ocean and Celtic Sea appropriate for wave energy deployment and less extensive areas for tidal energy deployment, in the Irish Sea and Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland.

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A review of geographic information system (GIS) and techno economic (TE) software tools for renewable energy and methodology to develop a coupled GIS-TE software tool for marine renewable energy (MRE)

Cited by 2 publications

References 42 publications

The Integration of Tools for the Techno-Economic Evaluation of Fixed and Floating Tidal Energy Deployment in the Irish Sea

The Integration of Tools for the Techno-Economic Evaluation of Fixed and Floating Tidal Energy Deployment in the Irish Sea

Development and Application of a GIS for Identifying Areas for Ocean Energy Deployment in Irish and Western UK Waters

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