Assessing the wave energy converter potential for Australian coastal regions

Title: Assessing the wave energy converter potential for Australian coastal regions
Creator: Behrens, Sam; Hayward, Jennifer; Hemer, Mark; Osman, Peter
Date: 2012
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/161772
Identifier: vital:12541
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2011.11.031
Identifier: ISBN:0960-1481
Abstract: Wave energy is particularly abundant along the Australian southern coastline. Harvesting wave energy using a converter could provide a sustainable alternative for electricity generation for Australia. In this paper, the performance of three different types of wave energy converter (WEC) has been evaluated spatially for Australian coastal regions using Australian Renewable Energy Atlas wave energy data. It was found one of the WECs operated with a capacity factor greater than 54.3% for a large portion of the Tasmanian western coastline, while being located close to transmission infrastructure. The levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for the WECs for these regions was in the order of $78/MWh. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
Relation: Renewable Energy Vol. 43, no. (2012), p. 210-217
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering; 0913 Mechanical Engineering; 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering; Australia; Electricity generation; Wave power
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