Spatio-temporal assessment of climate change impact on wave energy resources using various time dependent criteria

Kamranzad, Bahareh and Lavidas, George and Takara, Kaoru (2020) Spatio-temporal assessment of climate change impact on wave energy resources using various time dependent criteria. Energies, 13 (3). 768. ISSN 1996-1073 (https://doi.org/10.3390/en13030768)

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Abstract

The wave energy resources in the Indian Ocean can be considered as a potential alternative to fossil fuels. However, the wave energy resources are subject to short-term fluctuations and long-term changes due to climate change. Hence, considering sustainable development goals, it is necessary to assess both short-term (intra-annual) variation and long-term change. For this purpose, the simulated wave characteristics were utilized, and the wave power and its variation and change were analyzed in the whole domain and nearshore areas. The short-term fluctuation was investigated in terms of monthly and seasonal variations and the future change was discussed based on absolute and relative changes. Both analyses show that the Southern Indian Ocean, despite experiencing extreme events and having higher wave energy potential, is more stable in terms of both short and long-term variation and change. The assessment of the total and exploitable storages of wave energy and their future change revealed the higher potential and higher stability of the nearshores of the Southern Indian Ocean. It can be concluded that based on various factors, the south of Sri Lanka, Horn of Africa, southeast Africa, south of Madagascar and Reunion and Mauritius islands are the most suitable areas for wave energy extraction.

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  • Item type:Article
    ID code:84360
    Dates:
    Date
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    10 February 2020
    Published
    5 February 2020
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    Notes:Funding Information: Funding: The first author (B.K.) has been supported by the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research at Kyoto University and JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology-Japan (MEXT). The second author (G.L.) has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 787344. Funding Information: The first author (B.K.) has been supported by the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research at Kyoto University and JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) supported by the Ministry of Education, The authors are thankful to Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University for sharing the wind dataset. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 by the authors. Kamranzad, Bahareh, George Lavidas, and Kaoru Takara. 2020. "Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Wave Energy Resources Using Various Time Dependent Criteria" Energies 13, no. 3: 768. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13030768
    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:23 Feb 2023 08:48
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 13:45
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/84360
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