Ingram, David

Smith, George

Bittencourt-Ferreira, Claudio

Smith, Helen

European Commission

2013-08-08T09:56:59Z

2013-08-08T09:56:59Z

2011-04

This book contains the suite of protocols for the equitable evaluation of marine energy converters (based on either tidal or wave energy) produced by the EquiMar consortium led by the University of Edinburgh. These protocols aim to harmonise testing and evaluation procedures across the wide variety of devices presently available with the aim of accelerating adoption though technology matching and improved understanding of the environmental and economic impacts associated with the deployment of arrays of devices. EquiMar will assess devices through a suite of protocols covering site selection, device engineering design, the scaling up of designs, the deployment of arrays of devices, the environmental impact, in terms of both biological & coastal processes, and economic issues. The series of protocols has been developed through a robust, auditable process and we hope they will provide a firm foundation for project developers, consenting agencies, project funders and technology developers to evaluate concepts.

978-0-9508920-3-0

http://hdl.handle.net/1842/7638

en

The University of Edinburgh, School of Engineering

Wave Energy

Tidal Energy

Marine Renewable Energy

Technology Evaluation

Protocol

Standard

Protocols for the Equitable Assessment of Marine Energy Converters

Book