EMACOP Project: Characterising the wave energy resources of hot spots in Brittany for on-shore WEC (original) (raw)

EMACOP Project: Characterising the wave energy resources of hot spots in Brittany for on-shore WEC

The French national EMACOP project (Énergies Marines Côtières et Portuaires) aims at characterising wave power nearby on-shore structures such as breakwater or jetty. This paper presents the application of the open source nonhydrostatic wave-flow model SWASH to wave propagation and transformation on two hot spots in Brittany (France). The numerical simulations were performed with the SWASH model in two-dimensional mode for dominant incident wave conditions and three tide levels. The results of wave simulations presented here allows us to characterise wave energy resources and define WEC's promising positions on both sites.