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

Adam J. Collin, Anup J. Nambiar, David Bould, Ben Whitby, M. A. Moonem, Benjamin Schenkman, Stanley Atcitty, Paulo Chainho and Aristides E. Kiprakis
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Adam J. Collin: School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3DW, UK
Anup J. Nambiar: School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3DW, UK
David Bould: School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3DW, UK
Ben Whitby: ITPEnergised, Bristol BS1 5QT, UK
M. A. Moonem: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, NM 87185, USA
Benjamin Schenkman: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, NM 87185, USA
Stanley Atcitty: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, NM 87185, USA
Paulo Chainho: WavEC—Offshore Renewables, 1400-119 Lisbon, Portugal
Aristides E. Kiprakis: School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3DW, UK

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-31

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. 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.

Keywords: marine energy; offshore energy; cost; database; cables; connectors; transformers; electrical components (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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