This document describes the use cases and the functionalities of the energy capture module. This module is built to be used as a standalone tool or within the framework of design tools of the DTOceanPlus project.

Its main outputs are the gross energy production of the array and of the individual machines, the power conversion efficiency of the array and the machines, and a farm layout for the deployment of the array. The calculation of those outputs can be done at three different stages of complexity for both tidal energy converter and wave energy converter arrays. The implementation of the functionalities is described within this document.

The business logic, i.e. the actual functions of the energy capture module, has been developed in Python 3. The code is provided with an application programming interface, developed following the Open API specifications. A basic graphical user interface for the energy capture module was developed using Vue.js. The business logic of the code was verified through the implementation of unit tests, guaranteeing easy maintainability for future developments of the tool. The preliminary tests and verifications performed are presented.

Partners of the project: Tecnalia, The University of Edinburgh, Energy Systems Catapult, Wave Energy Scotland, France Energies Marines, WavEC Offshore Renewables, Aalborg University, EDF, Enel Green Power, Naval Energies, Bureau Veritas, IDOM, Nova Innovation, CorPower Ocean, Open Cascade, EDP, Orbital Marine Power, Sabella.

Funding: This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement n° 785921.