Electrical Systems for Marine Renewable Energy Applications
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F: Electrical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 6952
Special Issue Editors
Interests: renewable energy; off-shore systems; power system analysis; micro grids; energy storage; power electronics; electromobility
Interests: marine renewable energy; control of renewable energy devices; grid integration of marine energy converters; power converters and renewable energy systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Renewable energy sources such as solar PV and wind power plants have reached the commercial level and have been actively integrated into the grids locally (distributed generation) as well as on a larger scale (large solar PV and wind power farms). According to recently announced sustainability targets by the European commission, an even larger share of renewable energy generation should be reached in the coming decades. This offers multiple challenges related to grid stability with a large share of renewable energy generation. Marine renewable energy has been demonstrated to have less variability over a longer time scale, better predictability when compared with solar irradiation and wind, and, at the same time, marine renewable energy sources are relatively uncorrelated in many areas with wind.
In this light, marine energy can be a good source to balance the variability of other renewable energy sources, particularly wind and solar PV, to balance the grid. However, many challenges need to be addressed, including the safety and technical capacity of the shared infrastructure of offshore renewable energy sources, component development for efficient power transmission over long distances, and their applicability to specific technologies or their hybrid solutions. To what extent standard off-the-shelf energy conversion solutions existing now on the market are applicable to marine renewable energy should also be explored.
With this Special Issue, we would like to highlight the importance of research within the field of power system analysis for marine renewable applications. We encourage contributions discussing grid codes and standardization for off-shore renewable energy.
Dr. Cecilia Boström
Prof. Dr. Irina Temiz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Marine renewable energy power systems
- Grid codes
- Power quality analysis
- Hybrid solutions
- Standardization
- Power converters and control
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