A suitable metocean hindcast database for the design of Marine energy converters

E Boudière, C Maisondieu, F Ardhuin, M Accensi… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Resource assessment as well as characterisation of site climatologies for the design of
Marine Energy Converters requires data bases allowing an accurate description of the …

Wave spectra partitioning and long term statistical distribution

J Portilla-Yandún, L Cavaleri, GP Van Vledder - Ocean Modelling, 2015 - Elsevier
A new method is presented for a physically based statistical description of wind wave
climatology. The method applies spectral partitioning to identify individual wave systems …

Uncertainty in wave energy resource assessment. Part 1: Historic data

EBL Mackay, ABS Bahaj, PG Challenor - Renewable Energy, 2010 - Elsevier
The uncertainty in estimates of the energy yield from a wave energy converter (WEC) is
considered. The study is presented in two articles. This first article deals with the accuracy of …

Power production assessment for wave energy converters: Overcoming the perils of the power matrix

A Mérigaud, JV Ringwood - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Wave energy converter power production assessment, usually carried out using a power
matrix, is essential for the appraisal of new wave energy converter technologies and for the …

Premises for an annual energy production and capacity factor improvement towards a few optimised wave energy converters configurations and resources pairs

O Choupin, A Têtu, B Del Río-Gamero, F Ferri… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In the struggle against increasing global warming, wave renewable energy could help
progress to the increasingly necessary renewable-based energy-mix. Wave energy has …

[PDF][PDF] 8.03-resource assessment for wave energy

EBL Mackay, GL Hassan - Comprehensive renewable energy, 2012 - researchgate.net
The assessment of the wave energy resource is an important step in the planning of a wave
energy project. The process can be split into two stages. The first stage is comparative: to …

Finding gaps on power production assessment on WECs: Wave definition analysis

AD De Andrés, R Guanche, J Weber, R Costello - Renewable Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents a study of several factors that affect the long-term performance of Wave
energy Converters (WECs) based on the methodology presented in de Andres et al.(2013) …

Influence of wave resource assessment methodology on wave energy production estimates

B Robertson, H Bailey, D Clancy, J Ortiz, B Buckham - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Renewable energy resource inventories show that ocean waves are one of the most energy
dense untapped resources in the world, and present an opportunity to generate significant …

Resource assessment parameterization impact on wave energy converter power production and mooring loads

B Robertson, H Bailey, B Buckham - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Assessing and quantifying a wave energy resource is difficult and complex. Parameterizing
the spectral wave information, the distribution of winds and current directions and …

[PDF][PDF] Development of the french wave energy test site SEM-REV

H Mouslim, A Babarit, A Clément… - Proceedings of the 8th …, 2009 - academia.edu
Progress to date in different stages of the SEM-REV French Wave Energy test site
development is highlighted in this paper. The SEM-REV will serve wave technology …