British Standards Institution

Sector: Sustainability

Categories: Cables | Hydraulic energy engineering

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for the development of British Standards in the field of Marine Energy - Wave and Tidal Energy Converters. It provides the UK input into the IEC/TC114.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (16)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PNW TS 114-586 ED1:	Resource Assessment for an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Plant Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2025-05-30	Proposal
PNW TS 114-567 ED1:	Guideline for Research and Development of Small/ Tiny Wave Energy Converters Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2025-01-28	Proposal
PNW TS 114-509 ED1:	Electricity producing ocean thermal energy converters - Power performance assessment Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Energy and heat transfer engineering \| Hydraulic energy engineering Proposal begins : 2023-12-18	Proposal
PNW TS 114-447 ED1:	Measurement and characterization of biofouling accumulation Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Energy and heat transfer engineering \| Hydraulic energy engineering Proposal begins : 2022-08-10	Proposal
PD IEC/TS 62600-50 Ed.1.0	Measurement and characterization of turbulence Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-07-11	Drafting
PD IEC/TS 62600-41 Ed.1.0	Measurement and characterization of biofouling accumulation Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-07-11	Drafting
PD IEC/TS 62600-40 Ed.2.0	Marine energy - Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Part 40: Acoustic characterization of marine energy converters Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-07-16	Drafting
PD IEC/TS 62600-4 Ed.2.0	Marine energy - Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Part 4: Technology Qualification for marine energy converters (MECs)”, Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-07-11	Drafting
PD IEC/TS 62600-21 Ed.1.0	Electricity producing ocean thermal energy converters - Power performance assessment Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-07-11	Drafting
PD IEC/TS 62600-201 Ed.2.0	Marine energy - Wave, tidal and other water current converters. - Part 201: Tidal energy resource assessment and characterization Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Approval begins :	Approval

Published (17)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD IEC/TS 62600-201:2015	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Tidal energy resource assessment and characterization Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Published standard begins : 2015-08-06	Published standard
PD IEC/TS 62600-200:2013	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Electricity producing tidal energy converters. Power performance assessment Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Published standard begins : 2013-05-30	Published standard
PD IEC/TS 62600-102:2016	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Wave energy converter power performance assessment at a second location using measured assessment data Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Published standard begins : 2016-08-15	Published standard
PD IEC/TS 62600-101:2024	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Wave energy resource assessment and characterization Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Published standard begins : 2025-01-03	Published standard
PD IEC TS 62600-40:2019	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Acoustic characterization of marine energy converters Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Published standard begins : 2019-07-30	Published standard
PD IEC TS 62600-4:2020	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Specification for establishing qualification of new technology Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Published standard begins : 2020-10-02	Published standard
PD IEC TS 62600-301:2019	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. River energy resource assessment Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Published standard begins : 2019-09-20	Published standard
PD IEC TS 62600-300:2019	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Electricity producing river energy converters. Power performance assessment Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Published standard begins : 2019-09-19	Published standard
PD IEC TS 62600-30:2018	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Electrical power quality requirements Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Published standard begins : 2018-09-04	Published standard
PD IEC TS 62600-3:2020	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Measurement of mechanical loads Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Published standard begins : 2020-05-18	Published standard

Withdrawn (7)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD IEC/TS 62600-2:2016	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Design requirements for marine energy systems Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Withdrawn begins : 2021-04-20	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TS 62600-101:2015	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Wave energy resource assessment and characterization Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Withdrawn begins : 2025-01-03	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TS 62600-100:2012	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Electricity producing wave energy converters. Power performance assessment Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Withdrawn begins : 2024-12-04	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TS 62600-10:2015	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Assessment of mooring system for marine energy converters (MECs) Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Withdrawn begins : 2021-08-06	Withdrawn
PD IEC TS 62600-103:2018	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Guidelines for the early stage development of wave energy converters. Best practices and recommended procedures for the testing of pre-prototype devices Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Withdrawn begins : 2024-07-16	Withdrawn
PD IEC TS 62600-1:2011+A1:2019	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Terminology Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Withdrawn begins : 2020-06-23	Withdrawn
DD IEC/TS 62600-1:2011	Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters. Terminology Categories: Hydraulic energy engineering Withdrawn begins : 2019-06-03	Withdrawn

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Committee members

Nominating organizations

Cardiff University
Co-Convenor – PT 62600-103
Co-convenor of MT 62600-201
Committee Manager
CorPower Ocean
Cranfield University
D N V
Intertek Testing and Certification Ltd
Lloyds Register
Queen's University Belfast
RenewableUK
Robert Bird Group
Swansea University
Tension Technology International
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd
University of Edinburgh
University of Hull
University of Manchester
Wave Energy Scotland
Wood Group plc
Wood PLC

Liaisons with other committees

Convenor – ahG 14
Individual Capacity - High Frequency Radar Expert
Individual Capacity - Marine Renewable Expert
Individual Capacity - Mechanical Engineering Expert
Individual Capacity - Renewables Atlas
Liaison - EH/1/7
Secretary - IEC/TC114
UK Expert - AHG 15
UK Expert - IEC TS 62600-21
UK Expert - IEC TS 62600-300
UK Expert - MT 62600-100 and MT 62600-101
UK Expert - MT 62600-200 and -201
UK Expert - MT 62600-201
UK Expert - PT 62600-101
UK Expert - Tidal Resource Assessment
UK Expert – IEC 62600-10
UK Expert – IEC TS 62600-200
UK Expert – IEC/TC 114 MT 62600-103
UK Expert – Systems Design

BSI roles

Committee Chair

Standards Development

PEL/114 - Marine energy - Wave, tidal and other water current converters

Committee standards activity