The IEC 62600 series is a Technical Specification 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 62600-101 is one of the parts of the series that establishes a system for estimating, analyzing, and reporting the wave energy resource at sites potentially suitable for the installation of wave energy converters (WECs). This Technical Specification is to be applied at all stages of site assessment (from initial investigations to detailed project design) and in conjunction with the IEC Technical Specification on WEC performance (IEC TS 62600-100) enables an estimate of the annual energy production of a WEC or WEC array to be calculated. This Technical Specification is not intended for the estimation of extreme wave conditions.
The wave energy resource is primarily defined using hydrodynamic models that are successfully validated against measurements. The framework and methodologies prescribed in this Technical Specification are intended to ensure that only adequate models are used, and that they are applied in an appropriate manner to ensure confidence and consistency in the reported results. Moreover, PD IEC/TS 62600-101 prescribes methods for analysing metocean data (including the data generated by modelling) in order to properly quantify and characterize the temporal and spatial attributes of the wave energy resource, and for reporting the results of a resource assessment in a comprehensive and consistent manner.
PD IEC/TS 62600-101 on marine energy. wave, tidal, and other water current converters are useful for:
Developing wave energy converters will always be a demanding engineering process. It is important, therefore, to follow standard assessment requirements for the installation of wave energy converters.
PD IEC/TS 62600-101 provides you with a uniform methodology that will ensure consistency and accuracy in the estimation, measurement, and analysis of the wave energy resource at sites that could be suitable for the installation of Wave Energy Converters (WECs), together with defining a standardized methodology with which this resource can be described.
PD IEC/TS 62600-101 presents techniques that are expected to provide fair and suitably accurate results that can be replicated by others.
PD IEC/TS 62600-101 provides guidance relating to the measurement, modeling, analysis, and reporting of the wave energy resource, and the linkages between these activities.
Compliance with the technical specifications in PD IEC/TS 62600-101 can offer you a systematic approach for estimating, assessing, and reporting wave energy resources for efficient wave energy converter installation.
IEC TS 62600-101:2015