Abstract:
The potential of selected area of Malaysia coastal was investigated to identify
whether Malaysia has a potential to produce renewable energy from ocean, in
particular in current energy. The analysis used the data from a device called
Acoustic Wave and Acoustic Current (AWAC) that capture the current speed then
by using a formulae, amount of energy was calculated. The deployment of AWAC
was located at Terengganu Coastal area and Langkawi Island. The data was
taken every three months, started from May 2011 to February 2012. From the
analysis obtained, it shows that the average current speed and potential energy
is 0.1836 mis and 6. 71 W/m2 respectively. It was found that Malaysia's coastal
area has a low current speed thus the potential current energy produced is under
the recommendation value which is 4 m/s. The study also indicates that the
suitable position to get the optimum potential current energy is at intermediate
level of water depth.
