Paper Title
FIELD TESTING IN ON-SHORE OWC WAVE POWER PLANTS

Abstract
Ocean wave energy has de potential to satisfy 15% of EU energy demand, cutting 136 MT/MWh off the CO2 emissions by 2050, as stated by the EU Energy Road Map. Analogously, the Spanish Renewable Energies Plan specifically highlighted the Spanish marine energy potential with special emphasis in wave energy. In this context, Oscillating Water Column (OWC) converters are maybe nowadays the most promising wave energy converters, with the potential capability of sea energy harnessing from diverse on-shore and floating structures. This paper presents an analytic modeling of the wave capture chamber for a fixed on-shore OWC wave power plant. The model is particularized and parameterized for the case of the Mutriku MOWC wave power plant, located in the Spanish Basque Country coast, and then validated using both measured real wave entry data and experimental generated output power from the plant Keywords - Modelling, Capture Chamber, Measured Data Series, Experimental-Data Validation, Wave Energy.