RISUD EFA Annual Progress Research Salon_Dr. Sunliang CAO

Date:

19 August 2022 (Friday)

Time:

3:00– 3:45p.m.

Speaker:

Dr. Sunliang CAO

Focus Area:

Seashore Zero-Energy Community and Ocean Energy Development

Topic:

Development of the frontier ocean energy technologies to utilize the renewable and storage resources of sea for supporting the seashore residential zero-energy communities

Language:

English

Venue:

Online via Microsoft Teams

Abstract

The zero-energy buildings (ZEBs) and communities (ZECs) are internationally recognized as the ultimate goals to reduce primary energy consumptions and equivalent CO2 emissions of the building sector. However, most of the applied ZEBs and ZECs are based on the conventional inland renewable and storage resources, whereas the sea-sourced resources were barely utilized for these zero-energy applications. Moreover, the special conditions in the densely-populated coastal regions, such as the intense urbanization and limited above-/under-ground space, further restrict the utilization of the inland resources, whereas the sea-sourced resources present a higher potential. The above conditions hereby stimulate the core research idea of this project, which focuses on the development of the frontier ocean energy technologies in order to fully utilize the renewable and storage resources of sea for supporting the seashore and coastal zero-energy communities.

In the 2nd year, we have further deepened our understanding for the diversified ocean energy and storage technologies for supporting a variety types of coastal buildings and communities, while we have particularly focused on the energy flexibility investigation and enhancement for the ocean-energy supported zero-energy system with enhanced cost-efficiency and grid responsiveness. Details will be elaborated in this research salon.