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
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role AZTI
Author JRC (Ocean Energy Status Report)
Resource provider JRC (SET Plan progress report)
Resource provider Falmouth Bay Test Site
Resource provider Marine Scotland
Resource provider Renewable UK Marine Energy Database (UKMED)
Resource provider EMEC Orkney
Resource provider The Crown Estate
Resource provider International Energy Agency's Ocean Energy Systems (IEA-OES)
Resource provider TETHYS Database
Resource provider MARENDATA
Resource provider Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMRE)
Resource provider The Crown Estate Scotland
Resource provider Ocean Energy Europe
Resource provider Bretagne Ocean Power
Resource provider Offshore Energy
Resource provider OSPAR Data and Information Management System (ODIMS)
Resource provider
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Energy resources
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- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Language
- English
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- Utilities communication
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- Begin date
- 1966-01-01
- End date
- 2042-12-31
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- No limitations on public access
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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
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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
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Name Version Esri geodatabase gco:nilReason="unknown"> Esri shapefile gco:nilReason="unknown">
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- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-04-12
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2009-12-15
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-08-12
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
- Statement
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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
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- 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
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ISO19115
- Metadata standard version
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2003/Cor.1:2006
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role AZTI
Point of contact AZTI
Point of contact AZTI
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