What is PD IEC/TS 62600-201 - Tidal energy resource assessment and characterization about?
The IEC 62600 series is a European Standard that discusses marine energy converters. The main objective of IEC 62600 is to provide the design, installation, and test methods for the effective use of marine energy.
PD IEC/TS 62600-102 is one of the parts of the IEC 62600 series is a Technical Specification, establishes a system for analysing and reporting, through estimation or direct measurement, the theoretical tidal current energy resource in oceanic areas including estuaries (to the limit of tidal influence) that may be suitable for the installation of arrays of TECs.
Who is PD IEC/TS 62600-201 - Tidal energy resource assessment and characterization for?
PD IEC/TS 62600-201 on tidal energy resource assessment and characterization are useful for:
- Water current converters manufacturers
- Water turbines manufacturers
- Maintenance team
Why should you use PD IEC/TS 62600-201 - Tidal energy resource assessment and characterization?
The development of the tidal power industry is at an early stage and the significance of particular tidal energy resource characteristics is not well understood.
PD IEC/TS 62600-201 is intended to be updated as understanding of the resource and its response to power extraction becomes better understood.
The purpose of this Technical Specification is to provide a uniform methodology that will ensure consistency and accuracy in the estimation, measurement, characterization and analysis of the theoretical tidal current resource at sites that could be suitable for the installation of an array of Tidal Energy Converters (TECs), together with defining a standardised methodology with which this resource can be described and reported. Application of the estimation, measurement and analysis techniques recommended in PD IEC/TS 62600-201 will ensure that resource assessment is undertaken in a consistent and accurate manner. PD IEC/TS 62600-201 presents techniques that are expected to provide fair and suitably accurate results that can be replicated by others.
Compliance with the technical specifications in PD IEC/TS 62600-201 can offer you a systematic approach for estimating, assessing, and reporting wave energy resources for efficient wave energy converter installation.