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Modelling the impact of flow-driven turbine power plants on great wind-driven ocean currents and the assessment of their energy potential

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  • Bernard Barnier

    (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS/UGA/IRD/G-INP
    Russian Academy of Sciences)

  • Anastasiia Domina

    (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS/UGA/IRD/G-INP
    University of Liverpool)

  • Sergey Gulev

    (Russian Academy of Sciences)

  • Jean-Marc Molines

    (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS/UGA/IRD/G-INP)

  • Thierry Maitre

    (Laboratoire des Ecoulements Geophysiques et Industriels)

  • Thierry Penduff

    (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS/UGA/IRD/G-INP)

  • Julien Le Sommer

    (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS/UGA/IRD/G-INP)

  • Pierre Brasseur

    (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS/UGA/IRD/G-INP)

  • Laurent Brodeau

    (Ocean Next)

  • Pedro Colombo

    (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS/UGA/IRD/G-INP)

Abstract

The persistence in the strength and direction of western boundary great ocean currents suggests that flow-driven turbines implemented in these currents have great potential for energy exploitation. However, technological developments in the design and installation of power-generating plants in the ocean are tied to our capacity to accurately identify the most favourable sites and provide practical assessments of the potentially recoverable energy. Here we use a global eddy-resolving ocean model to demonstrate that large ocean power plants may exert feedback on oceanic circulation that results in highly unpredictable changes in ocean currents. Regionally, these changes can drastically modify the path of the current. In extreme cases this corresponds to a decrease in the available power by more than 80% from initial expectations.

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  • Bernard Barnier & Anastasiia Domina & Sergey Gulev & Jean-Marc Molines & Thierry Maitre & Thierry Penduff & Julien Le Sommer & Pierre Brasseur & Laurent Brodeau & Pedro Colombo, 2020. "Modelling the impact of flow-driven turbine power plants on great wind-driven ocean currents and the assessment of their energy potential," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 5(3), pages 240-249, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:5:y:2020:i:3:d:10.1038_s41560-020-0580-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41560-020-0580-2
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