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The Control Systems programme sought to design, develop and demonstrate advanced control systems for WECs and sub-systems which could deliver improvements in the WES Target Outcome Metrics.
Lead contractor
Wave Energy Scotland Ltd
Overview
Wave Energy Scotland’s fourth call was for Feasibility Studies on Control Systems for Wave Energy Converters (WECs), including detailed definition of follow-up Design and Development Project proposals.
It is once again a three stage programme, with the overall objective being to design, develop and demonstrate advanced control systems for WECs and sub-systems which will deliver improvements in performance, affordability, survivability and reliability along with benefits in other WES Target Outcome Metrics.
The programme was originally developed with input from landscaping studies previously completed by WES.
This package of documents covers the full set of requirements for Stage 1 of the 3-Stage programme, and includes slides for presentations given at the inception event, held in May 2017.
Please note; entries into the CS Programme are closed. Projects that were originally accepted into Stage 1 have progressed into future stages of the programme through closed competitions.
Control Systems Call Guidance Documents
April 2017
The documentation supplied covers the following:
CS - Stage 1 Competition Specification and Guidance outlines the competition, and provides guidance describing the requirements for a Stage 1 CS project, along with the overall competition objectives, expected outputs and a summary of the proposed activities at Stages 2 and 3. General background on the economic challenges faced by the wave energy sector, target outcome metrics, suitable test facilities and device classifications are also provided.
Brokerage Event slides include information provided to prospective applicants at the brokerage event, held in Edinburgh in 2017.
Please note that this call is CLOSED. Requirements for future calls on a similar topic will differ from the documents available here.
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