Sea Wave Energy. A Review of the Current Technologies and Perspectives

Domenico Curto, Vincenzo Franzitta and Andrea Guercio
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Domenico Curto: Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Vincenzo Franzitta: Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Andrea Guercio: Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 20, 1-31

Abstract: The proposal of new technologies capable of producing electrical energy from renewable sources has driven research into seas and oceans. Research finds this field very promising in the future of renewable energies, especially in areas where there are specific climatic and morphological characteristics to exploit large amounts of energy from the sea. In general, this kind of energy is referred to as six energy resources: waves, tidal range, tidal current, ocean current, ocean thermal energy conversion, and saline gradient. This review has the aim to list several wave-energy converter power plants and to analyze their years of operation. In this way, a focus is created to understand how many wave-energy converter plants work on average and whether it is indeed an established technology.

Keywords: sea wave; WEC; point absorber; terminator; attenuator; OWC; WAB; OD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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