The substantial wave energy resource of the US Pacific Northwest (i.e. off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and N. California) is assessed and characterized. Archived spectral records from ten wave measurement buoys operated and maintained by the National Data Buoy Center and the Coastal Data...

Motivated by the fact that in isolated island environments the extraction of the renewable energy becomes an issue of increasing importance, the objective of the present work is to evaluate the wave energy patterns in the Archipelago of Azores. An analysis of the wave climate in the target area...

The objective of this work is to investigate how the impact of a wave farm on the nearshore wave conditions depends on its location and, more specifically, its distance to the coast. For this purpose eight case studies in an area with a very substantial wave resource are considered; they encompass...

“Mighty Whale” is floating wave power device with air turbines which can absorb the wave energy efficiently and convert to electric power or compressed air. Such converted energy can be utilizes for the conservation of coastal environment. It will be moored by chains at the offing of the...

A numerical method based on a two-phase level set with the global mass correction and immersed boundary method is developed here to simulate wave interaction with a semi-submerged chamber. An oscillating water column, where power is extracted due to a normally incident wave forcing the free...

The present study aims to evaluate the wave energy potential of the Black Sea. Wave properties were calculated using 3rd generation Spectral Wave Model for years 1996–2009 by using wind data from European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). The wave model was calibrated using...

The electric power generation of co-located offshore wind turbines and wave energy converters along the California coast is investigated. Meteorological wind and wave data from the National Buoy Data Center were used to estimate the hourly power output from offshore wind turbines and wave energy...

The paper concerns the hydrodynamic analysis and optimization of an OWC spar buoy, possibly the simplest concept for a floating oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converter. It is an axisymmetric device consisting basically of a submerged vertical tail-tube-fixed to an axisymmetric...

In the testing of ocean wave energy devices, the demand for a portable and robust data acquisition and electrical loading system has become apparent. This paper investigates the development of a 30 kW inclusive system combining loading capabilities, real-time power analysis, and data...