Background information about marine energy 

The following documents about the future cost-competitiveness and growth of wave and tidal stream energy make useful background reading.

Technical guides

• Technical overview of wave and tidal stream energy (55kb, pdf) 
• Ocean waves and wave energy device design (600kb, pdf)
• Tidal streams and tidal stream energy device design (252kb, pdf)
• Glossary of technical terms
• Shoreline and near-shore OWC wave energy devices summary (65kb, pdf) 
• OWC full report (3905 pdf)

Cost of energy

• Energy capture performance (276kb, pdf)
• Capital, operating and maintenance costs (120kb, pdf)
• MEC cost estimation methodology

Other topics

• The UK tidal stream resource and tidal stream technology overview (126kb, pdf)
• Black and Veatch summary report on UK tidal stream resources (328kb, pdf)
• Black and Veatch full report on UK tidal resource (1707kb, pdf)
• Variability of wave and tidal stream energy - overview (81kb, pdf) 
• ECI report on variability of UK marine energy resources (3465kb, pdf)
• ECI report on diversified renewable energy resources (896kb, pdf)
• Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter Evaluation Report
• Life-cycle energy and emissions of marine energy devices (58kb, pdf)
• Engineering testing of marine energy devices (87kb, pdf) 
• Guidelines on standards for marine energy devices