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Wave energy scotland

Discover how we're driving the development of wave energy technology in Scotland

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About Wave Energy Scotland

Wave Energy Scotland Limited was incorporated on 19 December 2014 as a company limited by guarantee (SC 493764) at the request of the Scottish Government.

WES operates as a subsidiary of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to facilitate research and development activity to accelerate the development of wave energy technologies. Funding is provided by the Scottish Government via HIE. 

Find out more about WES in our objectives.

Our objectives

Our impact

Discover our headline figures

50

funded contracts

300

organisations benefited from our support

132

awarded contracts

18

countries involved in our wave energy programmes

Discover the detailed process of PCP (Video credit: EuropeWave)

The Pre-commercial procurement (PCP) model

WES uses a pre-commercial procurement model to drive innovation. This is effectively a technology competition, where a number of potential suppliers enter the programme through an open tender and then carry out a phase of development. At the end of the phase, the concepts are tested, and the best technology is taken through to the next stage for further development. This continues for 3 phases of development, until mature technology can be achieved.

The advantage of this approach to the suppliers is that they can receive up to 100% funding to develop their technology, and the public procurer can quickly identify the best technology through this competitive approach.

This funding mechanism was absolutely essential to Mocean Energy being launched as a company.
Cameron McNatt, Co-founder and Managing Director, Mocean Energy

The Wave Energy Scotland Team - see who's who

Got an enquiry for our team? Email: info@waveenergyscotland.co.uk 

Tim Hurst

Managing Director

David Langston

Programme Manager

Prof. Henry Jeffrey

Head of Strategy & Internationalisation

Elva Bannon

Research & Engineering Manager

Jonathan Hodges

Innovation & Strategy Manager

Matthew Holland

Senior Project Engineer

Niall Mclean

Senior Research Engineer

Irene MacKay

Project Co-Ordinator

Iain Begg

Project Manager

Ruairi Maciver

Project Manager

Peter Dennis

Project Manager

Ieuan Collins

Innovation Engineer

Pavla Sykorova

Administration Officer

Sarah Jessen

Marketing & Communications Officer

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