Connection and Integration of Offshore Renewable Energy Farms into UK Power Systems - Executive Summmary
Abstract:
Large-scale offshore renewable energy farms, including wind, tidal stream and wave energy systems, are likely to play an increasingly significant role in enabling the UK to meet its long-term CO2 emissions reductions targets. However, the development and installation of large renewable energy farms off the coast of the UK provides a number of challenges in terms of:
- the collection of electrical energy offshore from multiple renewable energy farms,
- the transportation of electrical energy generated by these offshore farms to the UK shoreline,
- the connection and integration into the onshore power system.
- a clear understanding of the key issues concerning the connection of multiple renewable energy farms off the UK coast
- assessments of the likely technical limits concerning the integration of offshore renewable energy systems into the UK power system
- recommendations for new, optimised solutions for the grid connection of multiple offshore renewable energy farms, including the provision of design concepts for offshore HVDC electrical systems
- identification of technology development opportunities for the industry.
- Distributed Smaller Windfarms
- Large Windfarms
- Very Large Windfarms
- Small Marine Case
- Medium Wave Case
- Large Tidal Case
- Combined Tidal and Wind Case
Publication Year:
2010
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ETI
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Sinclair Knight Merz
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