선박해양플랜트연구소 파력발전 실해역 시험장 소개

Abstract

An open sea test is an essential process for commercialization of wave energy converters. Through national research and development project of Korea government, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO) have started the establishment of the open sea test site for wave energy converters in the western area of Jeju island since 2016 and completed on 2020. This test site has the characteristics of abundant wave energy, low marine traffic, enough electrical capacity transmitted to national grid, good accessibility of a harbor, and availability of submarine cable and substation. The test site connected 5MW electrical grid for 5 test berths with different water depths of 15m, 40m and 60m. The test site finished consenting process for wave energy and deployed submarine cables. The test site established Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system and a performance evaluation system. The test site will provide the metocean data and reduce the time, cost, and uncertainty in order to test the developer’s WECs in open sea. The test site will help to accelearate the commercialization of WECs.