TOPPER, M. B. R. & INGRAM, D, I.: “Identifying the Frontier of Knowledge for Marine Renewable Energy Research” Proceedings of the 9th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference. 5-9 September; Southampton, UK. 2011

Verification and validation techniques can provide a strategic framework for improving the predictive capability of numerical models used in the marine renewable energy sector. In addition, it is proposed that the adoption of open source community models make implementing such strategies more straightforward. A technique of particular interest is the Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT). Such a table can be used to quantify the current state of knowledge and the subsequent requirements for improving the predictive capability of modelling software. After assessing and collating the current software usage trends within the wave and tidal numerical modelling community, an example PIRT is presented for tidal energy converter hydrodynamics.