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EMODnet Human Activities, Ocean Energy

The dataset on ocean energy in the European seas was created in 2014 by AZTI for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is the result of the aggregation and harmonization of datasets provided by several sources from all across the European countries. It is updated every year, and is available for viewing and download on EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). The dataset contains points representing Ocean Energy project sites in the following countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and United Kingdom. Where available, each point has the following attributes: site code (ID_1), project code (ID), name, location, country, sea basin, sea, distance to coast (metres), resource type (wave, tidal, salinity gradient, wave/wind), starting year, ending year, lease status, technology (Based on www.aquaret.com/), device, device scale (Full scale, prototype, etc.), project scale (Commercial, Demonstrator Array, etc.), project status (operational, completed, etc.), project capacity (KW), promoter, position info (it indicates if the attribute value is original from the source or has been estimated or calculated the polygon centroid) and the studies conducted for the environmental assessment (EIA). In 2016, a feature on areas for ocean energy test sites was included. It contains polygons representing Ocean Energy test sites in the following countries: Denmark, France, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and United Kingdom. Where available, each polygon has the following attributes: test site code, name, location, country, sea basin, sea, distance to coast (metres), resource type (wave, tidal), starting year, ending year, lease status, site status, capacity (kW), depth (metres), area (square km), grid connection, number of berths, developer, position info (it indicates if the attribute value is original from the source or has been estimated) and the studies conducted for the Environmental Assessment (EIA). In 2024, new data has been included and existing data has been updated.

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Date (Publication)
2023-11-20
Date (Revision)
2024-10-03
Date (Creation)
2014-06-18
Citation identifier
EMODnet_HA_OceanEnergy_20241003
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

AZTI

imenchaca@azti.es

jbald@azti.es

Author

JRC (Ocean Energy Status Report)

evdokia.tapoglou@ec.europa.eu

Resource provider

JRC (SET Plan progress report)

teodor.kuzov@ec.europa.eu

Resource provider

Falmouth Bay Test Site

info@fabtest.com

Resource provider

Marine Scotland

marinescotland@gov.scot

Resource provider

Renewable UK Marine Energy Database (UKMED)

Caroline.Bragg@RenewableUK.com

Resource provider

EMEC Orkney

info@emec.org.uk

Resource provider

The Crown Estate

enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk

Resource provider

International Energy Agency's Ocean Energy Systems (IEA-OES)

joseluis.villate@tecnalia.com

Resource provider

TETHYS Database

andrea.copping@pnnl.gov

Resource provider

MARENDATA

jcleitao@hidromod.com

Resource provider

Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMRE)

PRIMREHelp@groups.nrel.gov

Resource provider

The Crown Estate Scotland

marine@crownestatescotland.com

Resource provider

Ocean Energy Europe

y.conill@oceanenergy.eu

Resource provider

Bretagne Ocean Power

p.thieffry@bretagneoceanpower.fr

Resource provider

Offshore Energy

service@offshore-energy.biz

Resource provider

OSPAR Data and Information Management System (ODIMS)

secretariat@ospar.org

Resource provider

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Energy resources

Spatial representation type
Vector
Language
English
Topic category
  • Utilities communication
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Begin date
1966-01-01
End date
2042-12-31
Access constraints
Other restrictions
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Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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This data was downloaded from the EMODnet Portal ( https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/). The data originator is AZTI.

Reference system identifier
EPSG:4326
Reference system identifier
ISO 19108 calendar
Transfer size
0
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK

http://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/human-activities

EMODnet Human Activities

OGC:WMS

https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms?

oenergy

OGC:WMS

https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms?

oenergytests

OGC:WFS

https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs?

emodnet:oenergy

OGC:WFS

https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs?

emodnet:oenergytests

WWW:DOWNLOAD

https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/6414b069-8cb5-443e-a0d7-d08e909c43e2/attachments/EMODnet_HA_OceanEnergy_20241003.zip

EMODnet_HA_OceanEnergy_20241003.zip

Distribution format
Name Version
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Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata

Date (Publication)
2008-04-12
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformance result

Title

Corrigendum to INSPIRE Metadata Regulation published in the Official Journal of the European Union, L 328, page 83

Date (Publication)
2009-12-15
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformance result

Title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-08-12
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Statement

Data were retrieved from different sources. Validation and quality assurance remain up to primary data sources, while harmonization is carried out by AZTI. The harmonisation process consisted of identifying a set of attributes common to all the different datasets, thus creating a single data model. To do so, it was necessary to define a homogenous set of variables for each attribute. Therefore, raw data attributes may use a different terminology, although the information contained remains basically the same. For further information on validation and quality assurance, it is suggested that primary data sources are contacted. Generally speaking, data are to be considered very reliable, because they come from sources officially in charge for their collection.

Metadata

File identifier
6414b069-8cb5-443e-a0d7-d08e909c43e2 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-09-03T08:32:43.993062Z
Metadata standard name

ISO19115

Metadata standard version

2003/Cor.1:2006

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

AZTI

imenchaca@azti.es

Point of contact

AZTI

jbald@azti.es

Point of contact

AZTI

nmontero.es

Point of contact
 
 

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