Abstract
This report addresses key pre-deployment issues associated with wave and tidal energy arrays. There are a number of forwardlooking statements herein that have been arrived at through a progressive and analytical view of how the industry might develop. Justification of how the industry might develop is given in chapter 1. Guidance on best practice is given for a range of array deployment scales, for the various elements of an array and the associated equipment and actions required for deployment and operation.