A methodology for assessing the impact of the interannual variability of wave energy resource on electrical energy conversion

This paper presents a methodology to assess the wave energy potential and the impact of inter-annual variability of the resource in overall energy production. This methodology was developed in the scope of a running H2020 project named Big-DataOcean, which aims to create a data repository and service marketplace for the maritime sector. The methodology is applied considering data from two different locations in the Portuguese coast for the years of2016 and 2017. Additionally, two wave energy converters are also used to verify the impact of inter-annual variability in the energy production through well-established KPI's.proofpublishe