EMACOP Project: Assessment of Wave Energy Resource Along France’s Coastlines

The research objectives of the french project EMACOP are to estimate the available marine energy and to study the efficiency and sustainability of systems and their morphodynamic impacts. This paper focus on the assessment of wave energy resource on existing structures along France’s coastlines. Methodology through analytical calculations leading to select the most energetic sites, example case and results are described.

The French research project EMACOP (Energies MArines, COtières et Portuaires) aims to study and promote the development of marine energy systems in ports or coastal structures in France.

This article fits in the framework of the task “wave power devices on existing structures” of the EMACOP project. Its objective is to identify and characterise the wave energy potential of 22 sites along France’s coastlines in order to select the most relevant sites which could be equipped with Wave Energy Converters (WEC).