Tide, wave and ocean energy data covers production and use for electricity and heat generation. The dataset, provided by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and hosted by NASA Earthdata, includes efficiency metrics where quantities entering electricity generation equal the electrical energy generated. It was last updated by the organization CEOS_EXTRA on 2004-12-31.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking the efficiency of tidal and wave energy conversion based on the described energy balance.
- Analyzing historical trends in marine renewable energy supply for electricity and heat generation.
- Modeling the contribution of ocean energy sources to national or global energy portfolios.
- Converting energy units for comparative analysis using the provided KTOE definition (41.868 TJ or 11.630 GWh).
Strengths
- Provides a standardized energy unit definition (KTOE = 41.868 TJ or 11.630 GWh) for consistent analysis.
- Focuses on a specific and niche domain of marine renewable energy (tide, wave, ocean).
Limitations
- Last updated 2004-12-31 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- International Energy Agency (IEA), hosted by NASA Earthdata.
- Freshness
- 2004-12-31 23:59:59.999000