3.1 Resource assessment and mapping
Reports
3.1.2 Resource Assessment for Cornwall, Isles of Scilly and PNMI (pdf)
3.1.3 GIS database (pdf)
3.1.4 Processing and analysis of HF radar measurements of currents and sea states in the Iroise and Celtic Seas (pdf) or read the summary (pdf) in English and in French
3.1.5 Cross-analysis of resource assessment methods (pdf)
3.1.6 Best Practice Guidelines for Wave and Current Resource Assessment (pdf)
Workshops
3.1.1a: 02/12/2011, University of Plymouth, UK
Workshop 3.1.1a – Resource assessment and mapping – Meeting minutes 02-12-2011 (pdf, 181KB)
3.1.1b: 09/10/2012, Sea Tech Week, Brest, France
Workshop 3.1.1b – Resource assessment and mapping – October 2012 – Part One (pdf, 4.3MB)
Workshop 3.1.1b – Resource assessment and mapping – October 2012 – Part Two (pdf, 3.8MB)
3.2 Literature review of the environmental impact
Report
3.2.1 Documentary summary of the environmental impact of renewable marine energy – EN (pdf 12MB)
3.3 Transfer and development of skills on environmental assessment
Reports
3.3.1 Collaborative field study programme (pdf)
3.3.2 Marine biodiversity and habitat surveys: Grey seal population surveys of the Isles of Scilly and Parc Naturel Marin d’Iroise (pdf)
3.3.2 Passive acoustic monitoring of small cetaceans in the Isles of Scilly (pdf)
3.3.2 Assessing seabed communities at FaBTest, UK (link)
3.3.2 Marine renewable energy and cetaceans (link)
3.3.2 Seals and MERiFIC(link)
3.3.2 Underwater sound monitoring at at FaBTest, UK (link)
3.3.3 Technical report biodiversity assessment – Methods for surveying marine mammal biodiversity around small islands (pdf)
Workshops
3.3.4a: 09-11/05/2012, Le Conquet, France
Workshop 3.3.4a – Transfer and development of skills on environmental assessment (pdf, 249KB)
10/10/2012, Sea Tech Week, Brest, France
The study of the noise of the marine renewables energies and environmental impacts (pdf, 653KB)
3.3.4b: 07/10/2012, Le Conquet, France
3.3.4b Session 1 presentations – Passive Acoustic Monitoring (pdf)
3.3.4b Session 2 presentations – Mapping part 1 (pdf)
3.3.4b Session 2 presentations – Mapping part 2 (pdf)
3.4 Test facilities
Reports
3.2.4 Best practice report – Cross border laboratory and field test procedures (pdf)
3.4.4 Application of numerical models and codes (pdf)
Workshops
3.4.1: 16-19/10/2012, Dublin, Ireland during ICOE 2012 (International Conference on Ocean Energy)
Workshop 3.4 – Test Facilities (pdf, 1.2MB)
Web-based tool
3.4.3 Marine renewable energy research and test facilities database: Interactive map of test facilities
3.5 Dynamic behaviours of marine energy devices
Reports
3.5.1 Synthetic fibre rope testing” (pdf, 412KB)
3.5.2 Guidance on the use of synthetic fibre ropes for marine energy devices (pdf, 2MB)
3.5.3 Best practice report – mooring of floating marine renewable energy devices (pdf)
Article
Sam Weller, “Durability of synthetic mooring lines for ocean energy devices” (pdf, 412KB)
Workshop
3.5: 10/10/2012, Sea Tech Week, Brest, France
Workshop 3.5 – Mooring dynamics for marine energy applications (pdf, 8MB)
3.6 Marine operation
Reports
3.6.2 Best Practice Report – Installation Procedures
3.6.3 Best practice report – operation and maintenance requirements (pdf)
Workshop
3.6.1: 26/03/2013 Marine operation, Plymouth, UK.
3.6.1 workshop presentations (pdf)
