OWC on-shore wave power plants modeling and simulation

The Spanish Renewable Energies Plan (SREP) for 2011-2020 and the European Energy Road Map are promoting the use of renewable sources as the best way to avoid the undesired global warming, and in particular, the use of Ocean Energy. Within the different types of on-shore wave-based ocean energy devices, Oscillating Water Column (OWC) converters are one of the widely used ones. An OWC device is basically composed by a capture chamber with a turbo-generator module attached to it. This paper presents the modeling and simulation of OWC on-shore wave power plants. The results are particularised for the case of the Mutriku's power plant and then validated by means of experimental data.