GIS Techno-economic Tool Development and Application
There are many techno-economic models available for renewable energy but only a few are suitable for wave and tidal. Most models are not open access, and are limited by a lack of information on both the technology and the site. This task will develop a GIS linked tool that will contain site relevant data for both Ireland and Wales such that strategic decisions can be made on optimum sites for specifically defined technologies.
The techno-economic GIS tool developed here will be open source and populated with open-source data sets
Objectives
- Design and develop a GIS techno-economic (GIS-TE) model, suitable for Irish and Welsh wave and tidal enterprises and developers.
- Test and apply tool using generic test case.
- Employ tool in pilot sites.
- Produce general techno-economic recommendations for Irish and Welsh technologies and proposed development site.
Deliverables
D4.1
Report on state of the art for GIS-TE models and outline of tool functionality.
D4.4
Techno-economic report and recommendations for tidal case study.
D4.2
GIS-TE model and testing results, Open Access.
D2.5
Final dissemination & communications report.
D4.3
Techno-economic report and recommendations for wave case.