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Feasibility of wave energy exploitation along the Belgian and neighbouring coastlines
Dutch title: Haalbaarheid van golfenergie-exploitatie langs de Belgische en naburige kusten
Period: September 2005 till August 2007
Status: Completed

Thesaurus terms: Renewable energy; Renewable energy; Waterwave energy conversion; Wave energy
  • Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen en Architectuur; Vakgroep Civiele Techniek; Afdeling Weg- en Waterbouw (AWW), more, partner
The possibilities for the conversion of wave energy to electricity along the Belgian coastline will be determined through: (i) selection of the most promising concepts for wave energy conversion (ii) adjustement of the selected concepts to the Belgian conditions (iii) determination of suitable sites (iv) investigation of the economical feasibility of the selected concepts at those sites.