This project supports and provides a research context for the BE CRC demonstration project now underway to build a DC hydrogen microgrid in Hobart, based on a 700-kW electrolyser and incorporating photovoltaics, hydrogen storage and a hydrogen turbine to [...]
The pressing demand for energy generation from renewable resources, as well as the increasing activities in the offshore environment, are driving significant progress in the research, development and implementation of new technologies. In Australia, a wide range of market [...]
Reliability and safety are critical for any successful power system operation. A well-designed power system ensures robust performance and maximises the withstanding capability under all normal and transient operating conditions. Moreover, a power system primarily supplied by renewable energy sources [...]
A prototype version of the M4 (short for ‘Moored MultiModal Multibody’) Wave Energy Converter will be deployed in King George Sound, Albany, funded by the CRC, WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development and UWA. The project demonstrates [...]
Photovoltaics, batteries, supercapacitors, electrolysers and fuel cells are all natively DC. DC power is common in marine settings. Networking these components into a microgrid using high-efficiency DC–DC converters is logical, but problematic in practice, and few suitable DC–DC converters [...]
Through its flexibility as an energy carrier, hydrogen plays a key integrating role in the Offshore Renewable Energy Systems Program (RP3) of the Blue Economy CRC. Hydrogen for electricity and fuel, and oxygen for aquaculture, will be co-produced by [...]
The Offshore Renewable Energy Systems Program (RP3) of the Blue Economy CRC has a key milestone to deliver a demonstration offshore/high energy renewable energy system, encompassing offshore renewable energy conversion technologies, a microgrid with integrated storage (electrochemical, hydrogen, …) [...]
Success of the offshore/high energy aquaculture industry will depend upon availability and cost-effectiveness of appropriate sustainable energy technologies to meet their energy needs. However, the energy resource requirements of the emerging aquaculture systems are not yet well understood, and [...]
The Australian Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre (BECRC) and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have investigated the energy requirements of the offshore aquaculture industry and considered the feasibility of co-locating offshore aquaculture with ocean renewable energy (ORE) as [...]
Offshore wind energy is growing rapidly globally but so far the consensus in Australia is its role is limited. However, offshore wind merits serious consideration. Globally, the cost of offshore wind is falling rapidly; high capacity factor wind can [...]
The efficient and cost-effective conversion of wave energy into electrical energy has remained an unsolved technological challenge. This project will develop, proof test and demonstrate a novel energy storage element, the Mooring Tensioner, enabling the use of rotary electrical [...]
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