TY  - JOUR
AU  - Platzer, Max
AU  - Sarigul-Klijn, Nesrin
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/04/29
TI  - Storable Energy Production from Wind over Water
JO  - Journal of Energy and Power Technology
SP  - 005
VL  - 02
IS  - 02
AB  - The current status of a project is described which aims to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of converting the vast wind energy available over the globe’s oceans and lakes into storable energy. To this end, autonomous high-performance sailing ships are equipped with hydrokinetic turbines whose output is stored either in electric batteries or is fed into electrolysers to produce hydrogen which then is compressed and stored in tanks. In the present paper, the previous analytical studies which showed the potential of this “energy ship concept” are summarized and progress on its hardware demonstration is reported, involving the conversion of a model sailboat to autonomous operation. The paper concludes with a discussion of the potential of this concept to achieve the IPCC-mandated requirement of reducing the global CO2 emissions by about 45% by 2030, reaching net zero by 2050.
SN  - 2690-1692
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/jept.2002005
DO  - 10.21926/jept.2002005
ID  - Platzer2020
ER  -