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BiMEP Area
BiMEP
Lead Organisation Biscay Marine Energy Platform, S.A.
Country Spain
Type Wave, Floating wind
Website https://www.bimep.com/
Mutriku Area
BiMEP
Lead Organisation Biscay Marine Energy Platform, S.A.
Country Spain
Type Wave
Website https://www.bimep.com/
Cozumel, Quintana Roo
CEMIE-Caribe
Lead Organisation CEMIE-Océano
Country Mexico
Type Current
Website https://cemieoceano.mx/
BTS Laboratorio Natural del CEMIE-Océano
CEMIE-Oceano BTS Test Centre
Lead Organisation CICESE
Country Mexico
Type Wave, Current
Website https://cemieoceano.mx/
PLOCAN
PLOCAN
Lead Organisation Consorcio para el diseño, construcción, equipamiento y explotación de la Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias (PLOCAN)
Country Spain
Type Wave, Floating wind, Floating solar
Website https://plocan.eu/
Hanstholm
DanWEC
Lead Organisation DanWEC
Country Denmark
Type Wave
Website http://www.danwec.com/en/home.htm
SEM-REV
SEM-REV
Lead Organisation Ecole Centrale de Nantes & Fondation OPEN-C
Country France
Type Wave, Floating wind
Website https://sem-rev.ec-nantes.fr/
Open Sea Lab - MERIC
Open Sea Lab - MERIC
Lead Organisation Energía Marina SpA & Marine Energy Research & Innovation Center (MERIC)
Country Chile
Type Wave, Current
Website https://www.meric.cl/ https://lascrucesem.cl/
Viana do Castelo Pilot Zone
Viana do Castelo Pilot Zone
Lead Organisation REN (the Portuguese TSO)
Country Portugal
Type Wave, Floating wind
Website
Billia Croo wave test site
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Lead Organisation European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Country UK
Type Wave, Subsea components, Other floating technologies
Website https://www.emec.org.uk
Fall of Warness tidal test site
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Lead Organisation European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Country UK
Type Tidal stream, Subsea components, Other floating technologies
Website https://www.emec.org.uk
Scapa Flow scale test site
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Lead Organisation European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Country UK
Type Wave, Subsea components, Other floating technologies
Website https://www.emec.org.uk
Shapinsay Sound scale test site
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Lead Organisation European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Country UK
Type Tidal stream, Subsea components, Other floating technologies
Website https://www.emec.org.uk
Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE)
Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE)
Lead Organisation Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy
Country Canada
Type Tidal stream
Website https://fundyforce.ca/
Jennette's Pier Wave Energy Test Center
Jennette's Pier Wave Energy Test Center | Coastal Studies Institute & Atlantic Marine Energy Center (AMEC)
Lead Organisation Coastal Studies Institute & Atlantic
Country USA
Type Wave
Website https://www.coastalstudiesinstitute.org/jptestcenter/
Uldolmok
Korea Tidal current Energy Center (K-TEC)
Lead Organisation KIOST (Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology)
Country Republic of Korea
Type Tidal stream
Website
KRISO-WETS (Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering – Wave Energy Test Site)
KRISO-WETS (Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering – Wave Energy Test Site)
Lead Organisation KRISO (Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering)
Country Republic of Korea
Type Wave, Floating wind
Website https://www.kriso.re.kr/menu.es?mid=a20203000000
SmartBay
SmartBay
Lead Organisation Marine Institute
Country Ireland
Type Wave, Current, Floating wind
Website https://www.smartbay.ie
Marine Research Pier
Marine Research Pier | University of New Hampshire
Lead Organisation University of New Hampshire
Country USA
Type Tidal, Wave, Offshore Wind
Website https://marine.unh.edu/research-centers/facilities/judd-gregg-marine-research-complex
MISTRAL
MISTRAL | Fondation OPEN-C
Lead Organisation Fondation OPEN-C
Country France
Type Floating Wind / Other (Offshore PV and floating H2)
Website https://www.fondation-open-c.org/
Green Island Test Site
Taiwan Marine Energy Centre (TaiMEC)
Lead Organisation National Academy of Marine Research
Country Taiwan
Type Current
Website
Zhoushan Tidal Energy Test Site
Zhoushan Tidal Energy Test Site
Lead Organisation National Ocean Technology Center
Country China
Type Tidal stream
Website http://www.notcsoa.org.cn/
NREL Flatirons Campus
NREL Flatirons Campus
Lead Organisation National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Country USA
Type Wave, Tidal stream, Current, Floating wind
Website https://www.nrel.gov/water/marine-energy.html
North Sea Farmers Offshore Test Site
North Sea Farmers Offshore Test Site | North Sea Farmers
Lead Organisation North Sea Farmers
Country The Netherlands
Type Wave, Other (Floating solar, Seaweed cultivation, Artificial reefs, Data buoy, Mussel cultivation, Plastic collection, Passive fishery, Multi-use in general)
Website https://www.northseafarmers.org/offshore-test-site/
Lead Organisation Oregon State University
Country USA
Type Wave
Website https://pacwaveenergy.org/
META Phase 1
META (Marine Energy Test Area)
Lead Organisation Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum
Country UK
Type Wave, Tidal stream, Floating wind
Website https://www.meta.wales/
Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC)
Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC)
Blue Accelerator
Blue Accelerator
Lead Organisation POM West-Flanders
Country Belgium
Type Wave, Tidal stream, Floating wind, Floating solar, Other floating technologies
Website https://www.blueaccelerator.be/
Chinese Marine Energy Center (CMEC)
Chinese Marine Energy Center (CMEC)
Lead Organisation Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (QNLM)
Country China
Type Wave, Tidal stream
Website http://www.qnlm.ac/en/index
SEENEOH
SEENEOH
Lead Organisation Fondation OPEN-C
Country France
Type Tidal stream
Website https://fondation-open-c.org/en/test-sites/
Sainte Anne du Portzic
Sainte Anne du Portzic | Fondation OPEN-C
Lead Organisation Fondation OPEN-C
Country France
Type Wave, Floating Wind
Website https://fondation-open-c.org/en
Tanana River Test Site
Pacific Marine Energy Center
Lead Organisation University of Alaska Fairbanks
Country USA
Type Current
Website https://www.uaf.edu/acep/facilities/tanana-river-hydrokinetic-test-site.php
Falmouth Bay Test Site (FaBTest)
Falmouth Bay Test Site (FaBTest)
Lead Organisation University of Exeter
Country UK
Type Wave, Tidal stream, OTEC, Current, Floating wind
Website http://www.fabtest.com
Aguçadoura
Aguçadoura Test Site
Lead Organisation Companhia de Energia Oceânica SA (CEO)
Country Portugal
Type Wave, Floating Wind
Website
Tidal Energy Test Site Living Bridge Project
Tidal Energy Test Site Living Bridge Project | University of New Hampshire