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Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP)

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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.

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Marine Energy Documents Related to Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP)

Tethys Engineering is a knowledge hub that contains documents and resources about the technical aspects of marine energy development. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Engineering Knowledge Base associated with Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP).

Total: 6

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Improving the power production of Mutriku Wave Power Plant throughout tuning the actual generator and damping valve limits Lopez-Mendia, J., Aristondo, A., Ricci, P. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Machine learning-based diagnosis in wave power plants for cost reduction using real measured experimental data: Mutriku Wave Power Plant M'zoughi, F., Lekube, J., Garrido, A. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Field Data Power Take Off
SafeWave Development of a model for the identification of suitable areas for the development of wave energy projects in the European Atlantic region in the context of maritime spatial planning and its implementation into a Decision Support Tool Galparsoro, I., Mandiola, G., Garnier, R. Report Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Wave Field Data
Big Data Management at Mutriku Wave Power Plant Lekube, J., Ajuria, O., Torre-Enciso, Y. 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. Conference Paper Current, Wave Field Data, Test Center Materials, Mooring
Metocean Analysis of BiMEP for Offshore Design Bizkaia, E., Torres, I. Report Wave Field Data
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