A high-resolution assessment of wind and wave energy potentials in the Red Sea

被引：89

作者：

Langodan, Sabique ^{[1
]}

Viswanadhapalli, Yesubabu ^{[2
]}

Dasari, Hari Prasad ^{[1
]}

Knio, Omar ^{[1
]}

Hoteit, Ibrahim ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] King Abdullah Univ Sci & Technol, Thuwal 239556900, Saudi Arabia

[2] Natl Atmospher Res Lab, Gadanki 517112, Andhra Pradesh, India

来源：

APPLIED ENERGY | 2016年 / 181卷

关键词：

Red Sea; Wave energy; Wind energy; ARW reanalysis; WAVEWATCH III; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; CHINA SEA; POWER;

D O I：

10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.08.076

中图分类号：

TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];

学科分类号：

0807 ; 0820 ;

摘要：

This study presents an assessment of the potential for harvesting wind and wave energy from the Red Sea based on an 18-year high-resolution regional atmospheric reanalysis recently generated using the Advanced Weather Research Forecasting model. This model was initialized with ERA-Interim global data and the Red Sea reanalysis was generated using a cyclic three-dimensional variational approach assimilating available data in the region. The wave hindcast was generated using WAVEWATCH III on a 5 km resolution grid, forced by the Red Sea reanalysis surface winds. The wind and wave products were validated against data from buoys, scatterometers and altimeters. Our analysis suggests that the distribution of wind and wave energy in the Red Sea is inhomogeneous and is concentrated in specific areas, characterized by various meteorological conditions including weather fronts, mesoscale vortices, land and sea breezes and mountain jets. A detailed analysis of wind and wave energy variation was performed at three hotspots representing the northern, central and southern parts of the Red Sea. Although there are potential sites for harvesting wind energy from the Red Sea, there are no potential sites for harvesting wave energy because wave energy in the Red Sea is not strong enough for currently available wave energy converters. Wave energy should not be completely ignored, however, at least from the perspective of hybrid wind-wave projects. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：244 / 255

页数：12

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