Wave energy potential along the western Portuguese coast
An assessment of nearshore wave energy resource along the Portuguese coast is presented, focusing on identify appropriate locations for testing and developing Wave Energy Converter (WEC) for commercial exploit. The analysis covers the whole west seaside, to which a partition defined by 7 linear sections parallel to the coastline at 50Â m depth was considered. Available wave energy at each linear sector was calculated from nearshore wave parameters, using as input the offshore wave conditions provided by a 15-year ocean wind-wave model simulation and considering a simplified but well-established analytical procedure for shoreward wave transformation. Two alternative measures of the nearshore wave energy resource were considered, the standard omni-directional wave power density and the more restricted normally-directed wave energy flux.
Year of publication: |
2014
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Authors: | Mota, P. ; Pinto, J.P. |
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Renewable Energy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0960-1481. - Vol. 71.2014, C, p. 8-17
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Subject: | Wave | Power | Resource | Nearshore | Energy farm |
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