Wave energy resource off the French coasts: the ANEMOC database applied to the energy yield evaluation of Wave Energy Converters

Mattarolo, G.; Lafon, F.; Benoit, M. (2009). Wave energy resource off the French coasts: the ANEMOC database applied to the energy yield evaluation of Wave Energy Converters. Paper presented at 8th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2009), Uppsala, Sweden.

@conference{Mattarolo-2009-10723,
author = {Mattarolo, G and Lafon, F and Benoit, M},
title = {Wave energy resource off the French coasts: the ANEMOC database applied to the energy yield evaluation of Wave Energy Converters},
year = {2009},
month = {sep},
series = {8th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2009)},
pages = {247--255},
address = {Uppsala, Sweden},
publisher = {European Tidal and Wave Energy Conference},
url = {https://ewtec.org/proceedings/},
keywords = {Wave, Field Data, Modeling, Site Characterization, Condition Monitoring},
}

TY - CONF
TI - Wave energy resource off the French coasts: the ANEMOC database applied to the energy yield evaluation of Wave Energy Converters
AU - Mattarolo, G
AU - Lafon, F
AU - Benoit, M
T2 - 8th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2009)
C1 - Uppsala, Sweden
AB - A numerical wave database called ANEMOC has been built by EDF R&D LNHE by hindcasting wave conditions over a period of 23 years and 8 months, between 1979 and 2002. The simulations of wave conditions are carried out with the third-generation spectral wave modelling software TOMAWAC and are driven by wind fields from the ERA-40 meteorological reanalysis produced by the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecast. Two nested models, an oceanic one and a coastal one, which zooms on the French coasts of Atlantic Ocean, English Channel and North Sea, have been implemented. The results have been validated with buoy data over a period of two years, and can be used to determine medium wave conditions as well as statistically extrapolated extreme wave heights.After a description of the main characteristics of the database, the paper focuses on the application of such a database for evaluating the wave energy resource and the wave energy yield of Wave Energy Converter (WEC) technologies in Europe, and in particular off the French coasts.
DA - 2009/09//
PY - 2009
SP - 247
EP - 255
PB - European Tidal and Wave Energy Conference
UR - https://ewtec.org/proceedings/
LA - English
KW - Wave
KW - Field Data
KW - Modeling
KW - Site Characterization
KW - Condition Monitoring
ER -