TY - RPRT TI - Best practice report–Operation and Maintenance Requirements AU - Maisondieu, C AU - Johanning, L AU - Weller, S AB - This report is a deliverable of MERiFIC Work Package 3.6: ‘Operation and Maintenance requirements ’ and has been produced as a cross border collaboration between IFREMER and the University of Exeter. The report provides an overview of guidelines and recommendations for the management of O&M operations necessary for an optimal exploitation of Marine energy plants, with a focus on the specific areas of South WestCornwall, UK and Iroise sea, Brittany, France. An overview of the onshore infrastructures and ports possibly suitable for management of such O&M operations is also provided. Management of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance operations are discussed in their various aspects including site accessibility. It should be noted that this topic, including weather window assessment for operations is discussed in more details in the additional MERIFIC Report D3. DA - 2014/03// PY - 2014 SP - 1 EP - 40 PB - The French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) SN - 3.6.3 UR - https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10871/21610 LA - English KY - Current KY - Tidal KY - Wave KY - Maintenance ER -