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- Journal Article:
Cahill and Lewis
… The Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS), a grid connected test area for the deployment of full scale Wave Energy Converters (WECs), is being developed by …
- Journal Article:
Osalusi et al.
… were performed in the bottom boundary layer of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) tidal test site using Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs). Flood and ebb currents exceed 1.4 ms− 1 …
- Conference Paper:
Lawrence et al.
… To support and improve the evaluation of the test results of wave energy and tidal energy generators, it is important to understand the detailed physical conditions at the test sites. EMEC has chosen DHI’s MIKE modelling technologies for studying water levels, currents and waves at their test sites. DHI has assisted EMEC in constructing numerical hydrodynamic and wave models of the …
- Thesis:
Cahill
… the wave energy resource that has been measured and modelled at the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site, a facility for conducting sea trials of floating wave energy converters that is being … of the fundamental nature of the wave energy resource at the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site. The results presented here also have a wider relevance, and can be considered typical …
- Report:
Dallman and Neary
… met-ocean data and wave energy characteristics at three U.S. wave energy converter (WEC) test and potential deployment sites. Its purpose is to enable the comparison of wave resource characteristics among sites as well as the selection of test sites that are most suitable for a developer’s device and that best meet their testing needs … WEC tests, including the planning of deployment and operations and maintenance. For each site, this report catalogues wave statistics recommended in the (draft) International …
- Report:
Dallman and Neary
… met-ocean data and wave energy characteristics at eight U.S. wave energy converter (WEC) test and potential deployment sites. Its purpose is to enable the comparison of wave resource characteristics among sites as well as the selection of test sites that are most suitable for a developer’s device and that best meet their testing needs … WEC tests, including the planning of deployment, and operations and maintenance. For each site, this report catalogues wave statistics recommended in the International Electrotechnical …
- Journal Article:
Atan et al.
… for wave energy devices from small-scale testing in laboratory wave tanks to the Galway Bay Test Site (GBTS), located in a sheltered bay, and the full-scale Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS) exposed to the Atlantic Ocean on its west coast. This research investigates the …
- Report:
Sellar
… around a commercial scale (1MW) tidal turbine developed by Alstom deployed at EMECs Tidal Test Site with the aim of producing a comprehensive suite of data on turbine operation, the flow field … areas that were left out). It is hoped that it serves as an overview to the field of tidal site characterisation specifically for those likely to go on to delve deeper in order to …
- Conference Paper:
Contestabile et al.
… aimed at harvesting energy from marine renewable sources.It is a real environment testing site located in the port of Naples, in proximity of the final part of San Vincenzo artificial … of platforms in deep and intermediate waters. Due to its facilities, MaRELab enables to test different kind of devices. On the breakwater area for example is currently installed the … requires an extensive knowledge of the meteorological and marine conditions at the pilot site. For this purpose, in this work, wind and wave energy resources are assessed. In particular, …
- Report:
Haxel
… On August 22, 2012 the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) began a test deployment of a WEC device at Oregon State University’s ocean test facility (OTF) off the coast of Newport, Oregon. The operational Wave Energy Technologies – … measurements included in this initial report is to determine if the WET-NZ device under test transmits acoustic energy above National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) marine mammal …
- Journal Article:
Leijon et al.
This paper provides a status update on the development of the Swedish wave energy research area located close to Lysekil on the Swedish West coast. The Lysekil project is run by the Centre for Renewable Electric Energy Conversion at Uppsala University. The project was started in 2004 and currently has permission to run until the end of 2013. During this time period 10 grid-connected…
- Journal Article:
Gaurier et al.
… to confirm the extent to which these differences relate to the device performance or to the test facility type. In the present study, a comparative “Round Robin” testing programme has been … MaRINET program in order to evaluate the impact of different experimental facilities on the test results. The aim of the trials was to test the same model tidal turbine in four different test facilities to explore the sensitivity of …
- Conference Paper:
Norris and Droniou
… Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been established in the UK as an open-sea grid-connected test facility for wave and tidal devices. Developers receive detailed site information regarding the resource available, environmental characteristics, and … as well as technical and operational matters. Whilst being primarily an operational test centre serving individual device developers, there is additional scope at EMEC for …
- Report:
Dunkle et al.
… the past 8 years, Oregon State University (OSU) has been developing an open-ocean wave energy test facility, PacWave, which is affiliated with the Pacific Marine Energy Center (PMEC). The facility consists of north and south test sites off the coast of Newport, Oregon. This report contains detailed analysis of wave …
- Journal Article:
Zou et al.
… this novel technique to assess the net power available to different WECs at the Wave Energy Test Site (WETS), Hawaii and the PacWave site, Oregon over 11 years. By comparing the power potential for WECs oscillating in different …
- Journal Article:
Chiri et al.
… vertical levels) hindcast that reproduces storm surge and astronomical tide dynamics at a MRE test site (BiMEP) in the Bay of Biscay. The results are fully validated using instrumental data. We …
- Journal Article:
Sellar et al.
… 1 MW commercial prototype tidal turbine was deployed and operated at the Fall of Warness tidal test site within the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Orkney, U.K. Mean flow speeds and …
- Journal Article:
von Jouanne et al.
… development. Thus, NNMREC's objectives include developing facilities to serve as an integrated test center for wave and tidal energy developers, evaluating potential environmental and …
- Journal Article:
Edwards et al.
Interest in wave energy as a viable renewable energy has increased greatly in the past couple of decades. To determine the potential that a certain location has to harvest wave energy, a resource assessment must be performed for that location. As wave energy converter technologies get closer to market, it is becoming necessary to undertake more detailed resource assessments to determine the…
- Journal Article:
Edwards et al.
Interest in wave energy as a viable renewable energy has increased greatly in the past couple of decades. To determine the potential that a certain location has to harvest wave energy, a resource assessment must be performed for that location. As wave energy converter technologies get closer to market, it is becoming necessary to undertake more detailed resource assessments in order to…
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