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Improved methodology for the optimal mixing of renewable energy sources and application to a multi-use offshore platform

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  • Dallavalle, Elisa
  • Zanuttigh, Barbara
  • Contestabile, Pasquale
  • Giuggioli, Alessandro
  • Speranza, Davide

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The increase of Renewable Energy (RE) production to fight the climate crisis is posing new technological and financial challenges, due to the availability and variability of RE Sources (RES). These challenges can be addressed by selecting the most suitable mix of RES to optimise power production, to assure grid resilience and to promote local energy use. To facilitate the selection of such combination, this paper presents an original methodology that allows to compare mixing scenarios with different RES, also in presence of batteries and backup system. It simultaneously optimises the energy surplus with respect to the eventual external electrical load and the missing energy with respect to the same electrical load. This method, which can cope with isolated or plugged-to-grid systems, is here applied to a novel case study, an oil&gas platform under decommissioning, located in the Adriatic Sea (Italy). The RE production from wind, wave and solar panels is supposed to support other activities for the platform reuse, such as aquaculture, monitoring and mineral deposition. In this case, solar energy is providing the greatest contribution to the optimal mix in terms of production, while wave energy assures the most relevant contribution in terms of continuity.

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  • Dallavalle, Elisa & Zanuttigh, Barbara & Contestabile, Pasquale & Giuggioli, Alessandro & Speranza, Davide, 2023. "Improved methodology for the optimal mixing of renewable energy sources and application to a multi-use offshore platform," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 210(C), pages 575-590.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:210:y:2023:i:c:p:575-590
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.03.099
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