Advanced Concrete Engineering – WEC (“ACE-WEC”)
Quoceant Ltd
The Advance Concrete Engineering – WEC project is designed to yield step reductions in the added manufacturing costs of concrete WEC structures.
Structural Materials
This programme investigated if it is possible to make a step change impact in LCOE by constructing typical WEC devices from alternative materials to those traditionally used, such as steel.
CREATE - Concrete as a Technology Enabler
Ove Arup & Partners Ltd
The CREATE project investigates the use of concrete technology and the associated opportunity for it to make a step change in LCoE in the wave energy sector.
RotoHybrid
University of Edinburgh
The RotoHybrid project aims to develop the materials and processing technology necessary to apply the versatile, lightweight polymer manufacturing process of rotational moulding to wave energy.
Polyshell
Technology from Ideas Ltd
This targeted project assessed the potential application of new and existing rotational moulding technologies into wave energy converters.
ELASTO
University of Edinburgh
ELASTO investigated the potential to reduce the cost of wave energy through use of deformable fabric/elastomeric structures for wave energy conversion.
Advanced Rotational Moulding for Ocean Renewables (ARMOR)
Haydale Composite Solutions Ltd
The ARMOR project investigated patented rotational moulding composites, including strength-enhancing nano additives, anti-fouling composites, and integrated ‘health monitoring' self-sensing polymers.
Advanced Rotational Moulding for Wave Energy Technologies (ARMWET)
Polygen Ltd
This targeted project assessed the potential application of new and existing rotational moulding technologies to understand their potential LCOE impact when applied to WEC designs.
Hydrocomp
CorPower Ocean AB
CorPower, Balmoral and Wave Venture combined their efforts to assess the viability of hybrid Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) applied to the specific case of a prime mover of point absorber WEC.
RePOWER (Reinforced Polymers for Wave Energy)
Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers Lda
The RePOWER (Reinforced Polymers for Wave EneRgy) consortium assessed the use of reinforced polymers as the prime material for point absorber wave energy converters (WECs).
NetBuoy
Tension Technology International Ltd
The project studied two areas TTI sees as key to achieve cost competitive wave energy – impermeable fabrics and fibre rope 'load nets', which together can provide a compliant, load resistant volume.
SMMP Stage 1 Guidance
Wave Energy Scotland Ltd
Guidance documents for entry into Stage 1 of the Structural Materials programme, which took place in 2016.