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Schneider, M.V, Bernardino, M., Gonçalves, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2023), Wave energy assessment for the Atlantic coast of Morocco, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol. 11, 2159
This study estimates wave energy for the Moroccan Atlantic coast using SWAN, a third-generation wave model, covering a period of 30 years, from 1991 to 2020. The model is forced by the wind from the ERA-5 reanalysis dataset and uses boundary conditions generated by the WAVEWATCH III model. Significant wave height and period are used to obtain wave energy that is analyzed at a regional scale. The mean wave energy density within the domain is assessed to be about 20 kW/m. Five specific locations are evaluated along the coast in order to determine the most energetic ones. The most energetic area of the Moroccan Atlantic coast is located at the center between the cities of Agadir and Essaouira. Finally, the performance of six different wave energy converters is assessed through their power matrix for each of the five locations.
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