Wave energy resource assessment along the Southeast coast of Australia on the basis of a 31-year hindcast

Joao Morim, Nick Cartwright, Amir Etemad-Shahidi, Darrell Strauss and Mark Hemer

Applied Energy, 2016, vol. 184, issue C, 276-297

Abstract: In this study, a long-term assessment of the wave energy resource potential for the Australian southeast shelf is performed from deep to shallow water, based on a 31-year wave hindcast. The hindcast, covering the period from 1979 to 2010, has been performed at high spatio-temporal resolution with the wave energy transformation model SWAN using calibrated source-term parameters. The model has been applied with a variable spatial resolution of up to approximately 500m and at 1h temporal resolution and driven with high-resolution, non-stationary CFSR wind fields and full 2D spectral boundary conditions from WaveWatch III model. Model validation was conducted against wave measurements from multiple buoy sites covering 10–31years and showed a relatively high correlation between hindcast and measured significant wave height (Hs) and mean wave direction (θm).

Keywords: Southeast Australian shelf; Wave energy resource; Wave power; Wave hindcast; Electrical power output (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.09.064

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