Assessment of Ocean Wave Energy Converters for Indian Coastal Region

This article presents a methodology to find out a suitable ocean wave energy converter (OWEC) device for Indian coastal region. A comprehensive literature survey of all the existing OWEC devices is done and thereafter, 13 OWEC devices are shortlisted on the basis of Indian coastal wave power flux density. A systematic approach is used to predict unknown quantities such as: total annual cost per MW, system overall efficiency and relative impact...