Wave energy assessments in the Azores islands

• Published in: Renewable energy Vol. 45; pp. 183 - 196
• Main Authors: Rusu, Liliana, Guedes Soares, C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Assessments; Azores; Azores islands; climate; Energy; Energy of waters: ocean thermal energy, wave and tidal energy, etc; Energy use; Exact sciences and technology; Extraction; Hot spots; Islands; Natural energy; prediction; remote sensing; Renewable energy; Seasons; Spectra; summer; SWAN model; water power; Wave energy; winter; Azores; SWAN model; Wave energy; Hot spots; Azores islands

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 is f...