Country Reports
MEXICO
Rodolfo Silva-Casarín, Juan Carlos Alcérreca Huerta AND Elizabeth Rodríguez Aguirre
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
The main research/development projects are:
- The design of a WEC was completed. Numerical and experimental modelling was carried out and a module was constructed for a wave height range of 0.5-1.5 m with wave periods of 5-7 s, with a potential capacity between 100-200 kW and a cover area of about 50 m2. This device will be installed in 2017 in the port of El Sauzal;
- In 2016, the “Thematic Network of Innovation in Ocean Energy” was created in order to enhance links between the different agents involved in the development/application of technology and for the integration/assimilation of ocean energy.
