Energy Systems on an Autonomous Offshore Measurement Station

The motivation of the study is to ensure continuous energy supply on remote measurement station enabling one-year autonomous operation. This criterion has proven obtainable at the selected site with an energy system consisting of the solar panels and fuel cells already installed on the standard Wavescan buoys combined with an Air Breeze wind turbine. Estimates show a monthly solar and wind energy production of 44.1 kWh on average, versus a monthly energy demand of 52.8 kWh on average. An alternative solution relying solely on renewable energy resources is to increase the turbine rotor area by 85%, or to introduce a second turbine.