Swedish Firm Lines Up $35M Investment in Its Wave Energy Tech
of wave energy – storm survivability and efficient power generation in normal ocean conditions.The company currently has operations in Sweden, Norway, Portugal and Scotland, and is expanding to the US West Coast.To remind, CorPower Ocean conducted ocean trials of its first commercial-scale wave energy device C4 offshore Portugal, verifying all key aspects of the system.The device has since undergone upgrades ahead of redeployment Aguçadoura in northern Portugal for the new operational phase to demonstrate full power capacity including further advancement in control methods.CorPower Ocean
EU’s Go-Ahead Brings $22M Wave Energy Scheme Step Closer to Offshore Deployment
The WEDUSEA project, involving 14 partners across offshore energy industry and academia, has received a formal go-ahead from the European Union, bringing the developers one step closer to the deployment of 1 MW wave energy device offshore Scotland.Co-funded by the EU Horizon Europe Program and UK’s innovation agency Innovate UK, the $22 million (€19.6 million) WEDUSEA project has undergone a comprehensive independent review by EU appointed external experts following its initial project design period to ensure the technical designs and all plans, budgets and protocols are fully in place and
Irish Company Deploys Utility-Scale Wave Energy Device Off Hawaii
Ocean Energy USA, a subsidiary of Irish-based Ocean Energy, has deployed its 1.25 MW-rated wave energy device at the US Navy's Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in Hawaii.The 826-ton wave energy device, dubbed OE-35, will be connected to the Hawaiian electricity grid by subsea cable in the coming weeks, following the completion of commissioning and testing activities onsite.The utility-scale wave energy device measures 125 by 59 feet, has a draft of over 30 feet, and a potential rated capacity of up to 1.25 MW in electrical power production.It is located north of Mōkapu Peninsula, at the WETS site in
CorPower Ocean Puts Finishing Touches to C4 Wave Energy Device Upgrades
Swedish wave energy company CorPower Ocean is nearing completion of planned on-land inspection and upgrades of its first commercial-scale wave energy device, C4, following its first deployment offshore Portugal. The upgrades being implemented for the C4 device are addressing key findings from operational data collected during the ocean deployment phase of its commercial-scale C4 device offshore Portugal in 2023.In recent months engineers have performed careful inspections, adjustments and upgrades to finetune the system based on the data. Upgrades have been designed to address lessons learned
TotalEnergies Joins Wave Powered Subsea Project
of this collaboration.”Andy Martin, Chief Commercial Officer at Verlume, added: “Renewables for Subsea Power is capturing industry-leading project data as we demonstrate how Verlume’s Halo subsea battery storage can reliably power subsea equipment through being recharged by a wave energy device.“It is fantastic that TotalEnergies recognises the value of this data and has come on board within RSP to share insights such as further use cases for this technology system.”The Orkney deployment is the third phase of the Renewables for Subsea Power project. In 2021, the consortium
Mocean Energy to Develop 250kW Wave Machine in Orkney with EU Investment
Wave energy technology developer Mocean Energy has secured over £3 million EU funding to develop and deploy a 250kW wave machine in Orkney.The wave energy device – named Blue Horizon 250 – will be manufactured in Scotland and deployed in a grid-connected berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney as early as 2025.It’s hoped the project could then pave the way to a small wave farm delivering 1-2 MW of low-carbon electricity by 2030, Mocean Energy said.The Edinburgh firm has been awarded £3.2 million (€3,749,405) in Phase 3 of EuropeWave, a pre-commercia
Renewable Energy: AWS Waveswing Put to the Test
Inverness-based AWS Ocean Energy announced encouraging results from the current phase of sea trials of its wave energy device at the European Marine Energy Center (EMEC) in Orkney. In a key highlight of the scientific testing programme to date at EMEC’s Scapa Flow test site, the Waveswing wave energy converter captured average power over 10kW and peaks of 80kW, during a period of moderate wave conditions. These figures exceeded the developer’s own predictions by 20%.Other key findings underline the survivability potential of the subsea Waveswing which continued to deliver power in
Putting Power on the Seafloor is a Fuel Cell Future
Verlume (previously known as EC-OG). A trial is set to demonstrate the ability to support resident underwater vehicles with power for recharging and communications. Another wave energy technology company, UK-based Mocean Energy, is also working with Verlume. It’s due to test its Blue-X wave energy device with a Verlume battery offshore Orkney this year. This is also to demonstrate operations with an AUV, as part of a project with oil major Harbour Energy, the Net Zero Technology Centre and subsea inspection firm Modus.US-based Ocean Power Technologies has been working in this space for a number
Wave Energy Device for Subsea Oilfield Assets Arrives in Orkney for EMEC Demo
AWS Ocean Energy's wave energy converter, designed for remote power applications such as powering subsea oilfield assets, has arrived in Orkney ahead of its imminent deployment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). The 16 kW Archimedes Waveswing arrived at Hatston Pier, Kirkwall on Tuesday evening, January 25, 2022, before being transported to Copland’s Dock in Stromness where it will be prepared for deployment at EMEC’s Scapa Flow test site in February. Weighing in at 50 tons, the seven-meter high, four-meter diameter device traveled to Orkney by ferry following a
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