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This programme supported projects which aimed to reduce the duration, cost and risk of offshore operations for connecting prototype wave energy converters to their moorings and/or electrical systems.
Lead contractor
Wave Energy Scotland Ltd
Overview
Wave Energy Scotland’s fifth call was to develop a Quick Connection System for Wave Energy Converters (WECs). It is once again a three stage programme, with the overall objective being to reduce the duration, cost and risk of offshore operations for prototype WECs by supporting projects to design and develop a quick connection and disconnection system between a device and its moorings and/or electrical system.
QCS are expected to impact a wide range of metrics, and a subset of these ("QCS Impacts") has been determined.
The programme was originally developed with input from the landscaping studies: Electrical Infrastructure and Moorings and Foundations , previously completed for 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 August 2019.
Please note; entries into the QC Programme are closed. Projects that were originally accepted into Stage 1 have progressed into future stages of the programme through closed competitions.
Quick Connection Systems Call Guidance
July 2019
The documentation supplied covers the following:
QC - Stage 1 Competition Specification and Guidance outlines the competition, and provides guidance describing the requirements for a Stage 1 QC project, along with the overall competition objectives, expected outputs and a summary of the proposed activities and modelling requirements at Stages 2.
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 Glasgow in 2019.
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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