summary: The wave energy converter (WEC) yield has been simulated using HOMERE and ANEMOC-2 wave data for the zone Atlantic, Channel and North Sea and for the Mediterranean Sea respectively. The power curve of three floating WEC device taken from (Babarit et al. 2012) have been used. The maps provide the ressource, the annual energy prodution and the capture width ratio (CWR) from the shore to 50 km offshore.
history: For the French western and northern coast, all the information comes from the processing of Homere database (Boudière et al. 2013) delivered by Ifremer (Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer/French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). Homere is a 19-year (1994-2012) sea-state hindcast (Boudière et al. 2013) with hourly outputs and spatial resolution ranging from 9 km offshore to about 200 m near the coast and shallow areas. Sea state information for the Mediterranean Sea comes from the processing of ANEMOC-2 database (Tiberi-Wadier et al. 2016) . The ANEMOC-2 is a 31-year (1979-2010) sea-state hindcast with hourly outputs . The computation meshes are refined to reach 800–1000 m along the French coast. These databases were identified as ones of the most appropriate for the production of MRE resource information along the French Coasts at relevant time and spatial scales. The power matrices from (Babarit et al., 2012) for three floating technologies have been used: the floating oscillating water column (F-OWC), the floating two-body heaving converter (2HB), and the floating three-body oscillating flap device (3OF).
references: Babarit, A., J. Hals, M. J. Muliawan, A. Kurniawan, T. Moan, and J. Krokstad. 2012. Numerical benchmarking study of a selection of wave energy converters. Renew. Energy 41: 44–63. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2011.10.002
references: Boudiere Edwige, Maisondieu Christophe, Ardhuin Fabrice, Accensi Mickael, Pineau-Guillou Lucia, Lepesqueur Jeremy (2013). A suitable metocean hindcast database for the design of Marine energy converters. International Journal of Marine Energy, 3-4, e40-e52.
references: Dubranna Jean, Ranchin Thierry, Ménard Lionel, Gschwind Benoît (2015). Production and dissemination of marine renewable energy resource information. Proceedings of 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 6-11th September 2015, Nantes, France.
references: Tiberi-Wadier AL., Laugel A., Benoit M. (2016) Construction of the Numerical Wave Databases Anemoc-2 on the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean Through Hindcast Simulations Over the Period 1979–2010. In: Gourbesville P., Cunge J., Caignaert G. (eds) Advances in Hydroinformatics. Springer Water. Springer, Singapore.
rights: All the information generated in the frame of the IREMARE-MED national research project (ADEME n° 1705C0016) is provided free of charge, without warranty of any kind. When used, this information should be cited as : “The IREMARE-MED project was funded by the Agence de l’environnement et de la maîtrise de l’énergie (ADEME 1705C0016) and coordinated by MINES ParisTech/ARMINES. The output is publicly available at (tds.webservice-energy.org)”.
Contributors:
Dr. Yves-Marie Saint-Drenan (Principal Investigator)
Prof. Thierry Ranchin (Principal Investigator)
Lionel Menard (Data Manager)
Keywords:
Energy (DIF)
Renewable energy (DIF)
Marine energy (DIF)
Wave Energy Converter (DIF)
WEC (DIF)
Electricity (DIF)
IREMARE-MED (DIF)
Mediterranean (DIF)
Thredds (DIF)
TDS (DIF)
NetCDF (DIF)
Projects:
Informations sur la Ressource pour les Energies MArines REnouvelables en MEDiterranée IREMARE-MED, funded by ADEME (Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie/Agency for the Environment and Energy Control, French Public Institution), convention n° 1705C0016.
