Assessment of Tidal and Wave Energy Resource Potential in Malaysia with Sea Level Rise Effects
Ocean energy, e.g., waves, tidal current, and thermal and salinity gradient, can be used to produce electricity. These marine-based renewable energy technologies are at relatively early stages of development and potentially deployed at various sea conditions. In the past, numerous studies were under...
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| description | Ocean energy, e.g., waves, tidal current, and thermal and salinity gradient, can be used to produce electricity. These marine-based renewable energy technologies are at relatively early stages of development and potentially deployed at various sea conditions. In the past, numerous studies were undertaken to explore the feasibility of harvesting of the marine energy in Malaysia; however, those studies were limited to a specific location (i.e., the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia) and the consideration of sea level rise effect was not studied. This study assessed the potential of tidal and wave energy resources in Malaysia’s waters with the effect of projected sea level rise and was undertaken through numerical modeling using MIKE 21 software. The research outcomes were tidal and wave energy contours for Malaysia’s waters with an inclusion of the sea level rise projection for 2060 and 2100, as well as a potential site determined for tidal and wave energy harvesting. The simulation results highlight the significant potential of tidal and wave energy in specific locations around Malaysia and its coastal regions, as well as in the South China Sea’s offshore regions. By incorporating sea level rise projections into tidal and wave simulations, we revealed a notable increase in tidal and wave power. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-749e9c2b47f94d5fb291dd1c4569a2412025-01-24T13:36:48ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122025-01-011318410.3390/jmse13010084Assessment of Tidal and Wave Energy Resource Potential in Malaysia with Sea Level Rise EffectsZahara Yaakop0Hee-Min Teh1Vengatesan Venugopal2Zhe Ma3Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, MalaysiaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, MalaysiaSchool of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Sanderson Building, Robert Stevenson Road, The King’s Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, UKState Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, ChinaOcean energy, e.g., waves, tidal current, and thermal and salinity gradient, can be used to produce electricity. These marine-based renewable energy technologies are at relatively early stages of development and potentially deployed at various sea conditions. In the past, numerous studies were undertaken to explore the feasibility of harvesting of the marine energy in Malaysia; however, those studies were limited to a specific location (i.e., the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia) and the consideration of sea level rise effect was not studied. This study assessed the potential of tidal and wave energy resources in Malaysia’s waters with the effect of projected sea level rise and was undertaken through numerical modeling using MIKE 21 software. The research outcomes were tidal and wave energy contours for Malaysia’s waters with an inclusion of the sea level rise projection for 2060 and 2100, as well as a potential site determined for tidal and wave energy harvesting. The simulation results highlight the significant potential of tidal and wave energy in specific locations around Malaysia and its coastal regions, as well as in the South China Sea’s offshore regions. By incorporating sea level rise projections into tidal and wave simulations, we revealed a notable increase in tidal and wave power.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/1/84tideswavessea level riserenewable energymarine energynumerical model |
| spellingShingle | Zahara Yaakop Hee-Min Teh Vengatesan Venugopal Zhe Ma Assessment of Tidal and Wave Energy Resource Potential in Malaysia with Sea Level Rise Effects Journal of Marine Science and Engineering tides waves sea level rise renewable energy marine energy numerical model |
| title | Assessment of Tidal and Wave Energy Resource Potential in Malaysia with Sea Level Rise Effects |
| title_full | Assessment of Tidal and Wave Energy Resource Potential in Malaysia with Sea Level Rise Effects |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Tidal and Wave Energy Resource Potential in Malaysia with Sea Level Rise Effects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Tidal and Wave Energy Resource Potential in Malaysia with Sea Level Rise Effects |
| title_short | Assessment of Tidal and Wave Energy Resource Potential in Malaysia with Sea Level Rise Effects |
| title_sort | assessment of tidal and wave energy resource potential in malaysia with sea level rise effects |
| topic | tides waves sea level rise renewable energy marine energy numerical model |
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