Symbiotic offshore energy harvesting and storage systems
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Symbiotic Offshore Energy Harvesting and Storage Systems 2014 10 08.pdf
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Author(s)
Slocum, Alexander H
Date Issued
November 2014
Journal
Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
Slocum, Alexander H. “Symbiotic Offshore Energy Harvesting and Storage Systems.” Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 11 (September 2015): 135–141 © 2014 Elsevier Ltd
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
Taken separately, various offshore energy harvesting and storage machines can have a difficult time competing with land-based systems with regard to both initial capital cost and variable costs. However, collocating systems in a symbiotic way can lead to competitive advantages for offshore systems. This paper explores such combinations based on using the support structure for an offshore wind turbine as a basis for an energy storage system, a wave energy harvesting system, and a uranium-from-seawater mining system. Further considerations could also include aquaculture facilities as well as enhanced sport fisherman opportunities. Finally, far offshore systems are not only less likely to negatively impact birds, such as birds-of-prey, while experience with offshore oil platforms have been shown to act as undersea wildlife havens.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2014.10.004
