Marine energy generation systems and related monitoring and control

Author

Blaabjerg, Frede ; Hui Liu ; Poh Chiang Loh

Author_Institution

Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark

Volume

17

Issue

2

fYear

2014

fDate

Apr-14

Firstpage

27

Lastpage

32

Abstract

Energy is very important to the world as a driver of the modern society. According to estimations done by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the total global energy consumption is about 17 500 TW·h/yr [1]. In the past, fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas supplied the biggest part of this global consumption, and they were far larger than those of the renewable energy sources as Fig. 1 shows for 1973 [2]. In 2011, the production of renewable energy and global energy consumption increased, even though renewable energy was still much smaller than fossil fuels as Fig. 1 shows. [2].

Keywords

offshore installations; power consumption; tidal power stations; IEA; International Energy Agency; coal; fossil fuels; global energy consumption; marine energy generation systems; natural gas; oil; renewable energy sources; Current measurement; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Generators; Marine technology; Renewable energy sources; Temperature measurement; Voltage measurement; Wind turbines;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1094-6969

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIM.2014.6810042

Filename

6810042