Wave energy resource of Brazil: An analysis from 35 years of ERA-Interim reanalysis data.

This paper presents a characterization of the wave power resource and an analysis of the wave power output for three (AquaBuoy, Pelamis and Wave Dragon) different wave energy converters (WEC) over the Brazilian offshore. To do so it used a 35 years reanalysis database from the ERA-Interim project. A...

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Main Authors: Rafael Luz Espindola, Alex Maurício Araújo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5560692?pdf=render