Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP)

The Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) is an infrastructure for testing prototypes of ocean energy collectors and auxiliary equipment on the open sea. It is located off the coast at Armintza, Spain. Operating since June 2015, BiMEP provides technology developers a site with suitable wave and wind resources for testing the technical and economic viability of different concept designs, offering security before advancing to the full-scale commercial phase.

BiMEP also hosts the wave energy plant at Mutriku, which can host trials of new concepts of air turbine, control strategy and auxiliary equipment for oscilliating water column (OWC) devices. Built into the breakwater at the harbour in Mutriku, the plant has a total capacity of 296kW and has been supplying electricity to the grid since 2011.

Website: https://bimep.com/

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Spain

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Title	Author	Date Sort ascending	Publication Type	Type of Content	Technology	Collection Method	Application
Big Data Management at Mutriku Wave Power Plant	Lekube, J., Ajuria, O., Torre-Enciso, Y.	June 2018	Conference Paper	Conference Paper	Wave, Oscillating Water Column	Field Data, Modeling
Analysis of mooring line failure in real sea conditions	Marina, D., Torre-Enciso, Y. , Ajuria, O.	June 2018	Conference Paper	Conference Paper	Current, Wave	Field Data, Test Center	Materials, Mooring