US DOE’s TEAMER Awards $1.3M to Marine Energy Researchers
assistance activities can begin. Applications for RFTS 12 are currently being accepted through March 1, 2024.Some of the supported projects include tidal turbine blade design testing by Verdant Power, wave energy modelling by Carnegie Clean Energy, researching alternate material design methods for wave energy devices by Columbia Power Technologies, and University of Hawaii-led study that will explore the integration of wave energy production with shore protection in harbor barriers.Supported by the U.S. DOE and directed by the Pacific Ocean Energy Trust, TEAMER Program seeks to accelerate the viability
Floating Platforms of the Future: WES Explores Shared Infrastructure for Wave Energy, Offshore Wind
Wave Energy Scotland (WES), a subsidiary of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), is running tests at the University of Edinburgh’s FloWave facility, to determine the potential for floating platforms that can be used by both offshore wind and wave energy devices.The move has been prompted by a report by Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) exploring the synergies between the two areas of renewable energy and the potential benefits of sharing infrastructure, services, and supply chains.According to HIE, conditions in the testing facility have been created to match one of the west of Scotland offshore
Subsea Infrastructure Power Looks at Renewables
any renewable energy technology, and it’s also looking a much wider range of power users.Providing power for brown and greenfield subsea production infrastructure was the initial goal. But before the end of this year (2022), Verlume will be starting demonstrations involving two different wave energy devices, from third parties, working with U.S. defense organizations as well as oil and gas operators and service companies in Scotland and Hawaii. The company is also working with wind energy developers, an underwater robotics technology developer, and more.It’s all about delivering power.
Mocean to Test Blue X Wave Energy Converter at EMEC
;s OceanDEMO project which helps reduce the costs associated with real-sea trials.”Tim Hurst, Managing Director, at Wave Energy Scotland said:"This is a great milestone for Mocean Energy and the Wave Energy Scotland program. We are fortunate to be able to deploy and test our innovative wave energy devices locally at a world-leading test site.“We look forward to monitoring activity from Blue X during its time at EMEC. This is a very important moment for wave energy technology development in Scotland.”Subsea Technology: Remote Power, On Deman
Europe Leads in Ocean Energy
opportunities and RD&I funding.Several wave device developers are also targeting niche markets, such as aquaculture and oil & gas, who are becoming off-takers for ocean-produced electricity. These sectors require electricity to support offshore operations, and make use of smaller, tailored wave energy devices
Irish Wave Buoy to Be Deployed at US Navy Test Site
of 100 MW could amount to over 180,000 tons of CO2 in a full year. Ocean Energy estimates that a 100 MW wave farm could power up to 18,750 American homes. Commenting on the partnership with Ocean Energy, Vigor CEO, Frank Foti, noted that his company has been actively engaged in building wave energy devices and their components for the past 10 years: “We are thrilled to be participating in this project with Ocean Energy toward the ongoing goal of a cleaner energy future for our planet. This project represents a solid step forward in developing a commercially viable product to help move
US Awards $12 Mln for Wave Energy Projects
“MHK also provides an opportunity to develop new energy markets and create jobs.” The funded projects are: AquaHarmonics, grand-prize winner of the Wave Energy Prize—an Energy Department-funded public competition to increase the energy capture potential of wave energy devices—will build a larger version of its winning device for open-ocean testing. Oregon City, Ore.-based AquaHarmonics won the Wave Energy Prize competition by demonstrating a five-fold improvement in energy capture per unit structural cost. The company will seek to upscale its device while
New US Wave Energy Test Facility
conversion device concepts and prototypes – essential to gathering critical performance data to address technical risks, lower costs and inform future designs to accelerate the commercialization and deployment of mass-produced wave energy technologies. “Testing innovative wave energy devices at full scale in open water is an important step toward harnessing one day a reliable energy resource. Anyone who has swum or surfed in moderate ocean waves knows something of the power they represent,” said Franklin Orr, Under Secretary for Science and Energy at the Energy Department
Significant Progress on Perth Wave Energy Project
, it shows that the maximum wave height is higher in the winter months than in the summer months and highlights that avoiding the winter months is the lowest risk approach to the planning of offshore construction and installation activities. About CETO The CETO system is different from other wave energy devices as it operates under water where it is safer from large storms and invisible from the shore. Power can be generated either offshore or onshore. The fully submerged buoys can drive seabed pump units deliver high pressure fluid onshore via a subsea pipe to standard hydroelectric turbines, generating
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