*3.2. SWOT Analysis*

A SWOT analysis was carried out to identify areas of interest for marine renewables installation around large or small islands. This type of analysis is used for small and medium strategic planning [27]. Moreover, some researchers suggested that SWOT analysis can be used as an appropriate tool for the development of sustainable energy strategy and strategic environmental assessment systems at national level [63].

The purpose of this type of analysis is to design a qualitative process structure that identifies the changes with main strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to the qualitative structure of the system under consideration. Currently, there are many research articles on the evaluation of renewable energy at different scales of data from satellite measurements and reanalysis source [64]. However, there is no shortage of such studies, although many authors aim to compare different sources of wind speed data and compare it with terrestrial ones. Overall, a SWOT analysis helps the identification of strengths and weaknesses of the strategy to achieve its goals, pinpointing opportunities to reduce the impact on the goals [27]. Tables 1 and 2 summarize a survey of the factors belonging to different SWOT compounds. Information was disaggregated into two subcategories to highlight specific topics for consideration and discussion. The next paragraphs are devoted to present sectorial specificities.

**Table 1.** SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis of satellite potential.


**Table 2.** SWOT analysis of potential assessment aspects.


These categories provide an overview of the factors for using wind speed measurement satellites in areas of interest with different perspectives which could help to better understand the capability of this tool in measuring wind energy. Furthermore, this analysis is based on a review of the literature in two categories in different dimensions and also uses the support tools used in the ODYSSEA project (the platform is available on, http://odysseaplatform.eu/).
