European Wave Energy Project Gets $4.4M Funding Boost
chosen for their world-leading capabilities and knowledge.Partners include leading universities National University of Ireland Maynooth and Technical University of Denmark, OEMs FibronPipe and LESER, specialist SMEs Julia F. Chozas, Applied Renewables Research, Marine Systems Modelling, the offshore test site PLOCAN, and wave energy technology developer Wavepiston.The choice of the Wavepiston technology ensures practical applicability and provides a reference framework for the development of key components, enabling comparability of results, benefiting not only the specific technology but also other
TotalEnergies Joins Wave Powered Subsea Project
– which saw the successful integration of the core technologies in an onshore test environment at Verlume’s operations facility in Aberdeen.In 2021, Mocean Energy’s Blue X prototype underwent a program of rigorous at-sea testing at the European Marine Energy Centre’s Scapa Flow test site in Orkney where they generated first power and gathered significant data on machine performance and operation.Verlume’s seabed battery energy storage system, Halo, has been specifically designed for the harsh underwater environment, reducing operational emissions and facilitating the use
DemoSATH Floating Wind Platform Installed Offshore
installation of its 2MW floating wind platform demonstrator in open sea waters. The operation, carried out by the Windstaller Alliance, used their anchor handling vessel, the Normand Sapphire, along with local tugboats, to tow DemoSATH from the construction site in the Port of Bilbao to the BiMEP test site, located 11 miles away.Once at the 85-meter-deep BIMEP site, two miles offshore in the Cantabrian Sea, the hook-up operation connected the six pre-laid mooring lines to the structure’s single-point mooring turret.Works in the BiMEP area are ongoing to finalize the connection of dynamic and
Thai Oil Giant Joins for Renewable Subsea Power Project in Scotland
– which saw the successful integration of the core technologies in an onshore test environment at Verlume’s operations facility in Aberdeen.In 2021, Mocean Energy’s Blue X prototype underwent a program of rigorous at-sea testing at the European Marine Energy Centre’s Scapa Flow test site in Orkney where they generated the first power and gathered significant data on machine performance and operation, the companies involved said
Wave-Wind Offshore Platform with Hydrogen: Floating Power Plant's SEAWORTHY Selected for EU Grant
Danish technology developer and integrator Floating Power Plant A/S said Tuesday it had been selected to negotiate a significant grant by the European Commission to support its SEAWORTHY project at the PLOCAN test site.SEAWORTHY is an acronym for "Sustainable dispatchable Energy enabled by wAve-Wind OffshoRe plaTforms with onboard HYdrogen." Floating Power Plant said SEAWORTHY was an initiative aimed at combining wave and wind resources to generate electricity while using excess power to produce and store hydrogen.The SEAWORTHY project will be executed off the coast of Las Palmas in the
TetraSpar Demonstrator Launches Floating Wind Innovation Challenge
and technical challenges during the installation, operation, and maintenance of floating wind, or which have a positive impact on the environment. The solutions can be demonstrated either under real-life conditions on the TetraSpar Demonstrator, which has been generating power at the METCentre test site in Norway since December 2021, or through desktop studies based on a comprehensive set of data from the operational structure.The competition is open to submissions from companies, start-ups, research, or academic organizations from around the world, who are committed to help pave the way for commercial
Shell Aims to Harness the Power of the Lower Mississippi
as well as associated permitting and applications engineering.The Modular RivGen device uses the proven cross-flow turbine technology of ORPC’s commercially-available RivGen Power System, optimized for lower velocity sites and reduced cost. The product is being developed at ORPC’s river test site in Millinocket, Maine with financial assistance from the Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office. The Modular RivGen system can be stacked vertically or placed side-by-side to integrate into existing or new works, including infrastructure modernization and EV charging stations
Subsea Infrastructure Power Looks at Renewables
we can provide power, that the batteries can provide power, it’s how to keep on station, the connection to systems and communicating with it. Those are the unknowns.”Testing in HawaiiThe firm is also working with C-Power in the U.S. on a demonstration at the U.S. Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in Hawaii, also due to go in the water as we go to press. There, C-Power’s 2kW SeaRAY** surface-based wave energy converter is due to be moored and connected to a 55kWh battery capacity Halo system via a single combined communications and power cable/mooring system down to the seabed
Wales’ Marine Test Center Expands Its Capabilities
infrastructure to support device testing.Saul Young, META Operations Manager, said:"We have expanded the consented parameters for the META scale tidal stream and wave energy sites to facilitate the needs of technology developers who would like to test at META. It is our aim to keep developing the test site in line with industry requirements and continue to build a hub for marine energy research and innovation in Wales.”Tidal Testing Tool Put Through Paces at Wales’ National Marine Test Site, MET
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