Supplying small islands with solar, wind and sea wave. An economic approach to find the best energy share

Curto, Domenico; Frazitta, Vincenzo; Trapnese, Marco

doi:10.23919/oceans40490.2019.8962636

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“…Several solutions have been highlighted for ports based on existing wind (onshore/offshore) and solar photovoltaics [15], and novel solutions are emerging such as integrated wave energy at ports and breakwaters [16][17][18]. Such diverse generation systems have benefits in overlapping power production, hence reducing intermittency [19], but they can also reduce CO 2 and be economically viable in under 10 years, as it was shown to be the case in the Aeolian Islands [20].…”

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Assessing Renewable Resources at the Saronikos Gulf for the Development of Multi-Generation Renewable Systems

Lavidas

Kaldellis

2020

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Decarbonisation of any energy system implies that more renewables will have to be incorporated into the grid. This requires a thorough assessment of available resources to properly estimate potential contributions and identify opportunities. This work focuses on the Saronikos Gulf, which is part of the most crowded urban coastline in Greece. Solar, wind and wave resources are analysed, and the long-term characteristics affecting power production are discussed. Solar resources provide ≥250 Wh·m−2 with small long-term changes. Wind resources at coastal and onshore regions are ≥50 W·m−2; however, it has higher annual volatility. Finally, the wave resources of the region are from 130 to 170 W/m with a positive resource rate of change ≈2.5 W·m−1/year. It is expected that multi-generation by different resources, especially with temporal overlaps of wind and waves, will reduce intermittent production, hence accelerating the energy transition.

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