Articles | Volume 11, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-543-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-543-2015
Research article
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09 Jul 2015
Research article |  | 09 Jul 2015

Investigation of suitable sites for wave energy converters around Sicily (Italy)

C. Iuppa, L. Cavallaro, D. Vicinanza, and E. Foti

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The paper describes the analysis of wave energy along the coast of Sicily (Italy). A third-generation model was adopted to reconstruct the wave data along the coast over a period of 14 years. The analysis of the wave energy allowed characterising the most energetic zones and to individuate eight hotspots suitable for the implementation of wave energy converter farms.