Wave energy generation and integration - the West Coast wave initiative

波浪能转换器（WEC）经常被认为是可再生能源技术的重要组成部分，这些技术将使加拿大的能源生产组合多样化，并确保该国的能源系统在环境上可持续。 然而，在描述加拿大波浪能转换机会时很少提供任何精确的信息，目前波浪能技术的实施被其他可再生选择所取代。 为了使波浪能成为一种可行的可再生能源，无论应用规模如何，必须准确和精确地回答原始资源的数量和分布、波浪能技术的效率以及转换波浪能的开发方式等问题。对于任何WEC技术，都需要一个知情的领导小组，该小组可以加快对加拿大WEC行业具有战略重要性的海岸附近地区-温哥华岛西海岸（WCVI）的三个基本问题的详细评估。和可再生能源整合的专业知识位于世界一流的WCVI波浪能资源附近。 通过拟议的项目，以下简称为西海岸波浪倡议（WCWI），UVic研究人员团队将继续开发WCVI区域的综合数值模型和一套WEC数值动力学模型，并将其与WCWI数值WEC试验台中的高分辨率现场测量联合收割机相结合。 WCWI数值WEC试验台将使加拿大技术开发人员能够在海洋部署阶段之前评估设计概念，从而跨越概念和海洋演示阶段之间目前存在的鸿沟。

Wave energy converters (WECs) are often cited as an important constituent in the array of renewable energy technologies that are to diversify Canada's energy generation portfolio and ensure the nation's energy systems are environmentally sustainable. However, seldom is any precision provided in the description of the Canadian wave energy conversion opportunity, and implementation of wave energy technologies is currently passed over in favour of other renewable options. For wave energy to emerge as a viable renewable energy source, regardless of the application scale, questions of the magnitude and distribution of the raw resource, the efficiency of wave energy technologies, and the manner in which converted wave energy can be exploited must be answered accurately and precisely. An informed leadership group is needed that can, for any WEC technology, expedite the detailed evaluation of the three fundamental questions for a near shore region of strategic importance to the Canadian WEC industry-the West Coast of Vancouver Island (WCVI).At UVic, a nationally unique collection of wave energy resource assessment, WEC dynamics modeling, and renewable energy integration expertise is located proximal to the world class wave energy resource of the WCVI. Through the proposed project, hereafter referred to as the West Coast Wave Initiative (WCWI), a team of UVic researchers will continue its development of a comprehensive numerical model of the WCVI region and a suite of WEC numerical dynamics models, and combine them with highly resolved field measurements in the WCWI numerical WEC test bed. The WCWI numerical WEC test bed will allow Canadian technology developers to evaluate design concepts in advance of the ocean deployment stage and thus span the chasm that currently exists between concept and ocean demonstration stages.