scope:

This part of IEC 62600, which is a Technical Specification, provides a method for assessing the electrical power production performance of a Wave Energy Converter (WEC), based on the performance at a testing site. The scope of this Technical Specification includes: a) all WECs that produce electrical power from wave energy; b) all sea resource zones (near and offshore, deep and shallow water); c) the specification applies to commercial scale WECs that are: 1) compliantly moored, 2) tautly moored, 3) bottom mounted, 4) shore mounted. The scope of this Technical Specification does not include: a) WECs that produce other forms of energy unless this energy is converted into electrical energy; b) resource assessment; c) scaled devices in test facilities (tank or scaled sea conditions) where any scaling would need to be carried out to extrapolate results for a full scale device; d) power quality issues; e) environmental issues; f) power matrix transposition from one location to another. This Technical Specification provides a systematic method which includes: - measurement of WEC power output in a range of sea states; - WEC power matrix development; - an agreed framework for reporting the results of power and wave measurements.