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6 FAQs about [Offshore wind power solar support]
Will offshore wind and wave energy reduce solar energy costs?
Hence, if offshore wind and wave energy costs decline dramatically in the coming decades, these technologies have the potential to significantly reduce how much installed solar energy is required in the future zero-emissions grid.
Can co-located offshore wind and solar PV stabilize energy supply?
Another study in the western Iberian Peninsula reveals that co-located offshore wind and solar PV can stabilize energy supply, even in the face of future climate changes (Costoya et al., 2022). Up to now, offshore wind energy stands as the most mature marine renewable resource.
Is offshore solar a viable alternative to offshore wind?
For instance, in northeastern Brazil, offshore solar complements offshore wind by up to 40% over the course of a year (de Souza Nascimento et al., 2022). Another study in the western Iberian Peninsula reveals that co-located offshore wind and solar PV can stabilize energy supply, even in the face of future climate changes (Costoya et al., 2022).
What are the advantages of offshore wind and wave energy generation?
The constant nature of offshore wind and wave energy generation observed in Fig. 4 is an advantage that these technologies have over their renewable counterparts.
Can offshore wind and solar power be developed?
At present, some studies delve into offshore wind and solar power development, but their scope largely focuses on site-specific technical feasibility (Díaz and Guedes Soares, 2020; Hong and Möller, 2011). In 2021, Belgium witnessed the installation of a 3 MW offshore PV system, seamlessly coupled with a fixed wind farm (Emiliano, 2021).
Are offshore wind and wave energy independent technologies?
Here, we model with high geographic resolution both offshore wind and wave energy as independent technologies with the possibility of collocation in a power system capacity expansion model of the Western Interconnection with zero emissions by 2050.