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EWTEC 2017 - Cork

Programme

EWTEC

Start date

September 2017

Stage

1

Lead contractor

Wave Energy Scotland Ltd

Sub-contractor(s)

Artemis Intelligent Power Ltd
Ecosse Subsea Systems Ltd
Exceedence Ltd
Mocean Energy Ltd
Quoceant Ltd
Technology from Ideas Ltd
Wave Venture Ltd
Umbra Cuscinetti S.p.A.
University of Edinburgh

Overview

At a side event at EWTEC 2017, WES shared detail of its current activities, and its planned future activities including international collaborations, metrics development and funding opportunities.

Agenda:

  • Welcome – Elva Bannon
  • Programme Summary and Future Activities – Jonathan Hodges
  • Novel Wave Energy Converter Testing – Matthew Holland
  • Contractor presentations
    • RotoHybrid -The use of rotationally moulded polymers in hybrid WEC structures
    • Polyshell
    • Advanced Concrete Engineering-WEC
    • Mocean Wave Energy Converter
    • Gator - a compliant seal free hydraulic PTO
    • Power Electronic Controlled Magnet Gear (PECMAG)
    • Quantor hybrid hydraulic PTO
    • EMERGE Overview
  • Working Collaboratively - Norman Morrison (Energy Technology Partnership)

The slides from each of the presentations given on the night are available here compiled in to three files

  • WES update
  • Contractors update
  • Energy Technology Partnership update

WES Update

August 2017

The presentations in this section include:

  • A summary of the current WES programme; which covered our aims and objectives, what funding opportunities are available, ongoing international collaboration within Europe and the United States, and the recently announced landscaping projects.
  • An outline of what is available on the WES Knowledge Library.
  • A high level summary outlining the considerations behind the mandatory sea states for Stages 1 and 2 of the Novel Wave Energy Converter programme, and the conditions specified.
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Contractor Updates

August 2017

WES-funded contractors in attendence at EWTEC 2017 were given the opportunity to present at the WES side event, and showcases their respective project progress to date.

Presentations were given on the following WES projects (presenters given in brackets):

  • Rotohybrid - Structural Materials, Stage 1 (Pelagic Innovation, on behald of University of Edinburgh)
  • Polyshell - Structural Materials, Stage 1 (TFI)
  • ACE-WEC - Structural Materials, Stage 1 (Quoceant)
  • Mocean - Novel Wave Energy Converter, Stage 2 (Mocean)
  • Gator - Power Take-Off, Stage 2 (Exceedence)
  • PECMAG - Power Take-Off, Stage 2 (Pure Marine, on behalf of Ecosse Subsea)
  • Quantor - Power Take-Off, Stage 3 (Quoceant, on behalf of Artemis Intelligent Power)
  • EMERGE - Power Take-Off, Stage 3 (Umbra)
  • ARMOR - Structural Materials, Stage 1 (Wave Venture, on behalf of Haydale Composite Solutions)
  • HydroComp - Structural Materials, Stage 1 (Wave Venture, on behalf of CorPower)
  • ARMWET - Structural Materials, Stage 1 (Wave Venture, on behalf of PolyGen)
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Energy Technology Partnership Update

August 2017

This presentation was given by Norman Morrison on behalf of WES/ETP (Energy Technology Partnership) as part of the event and cover:

  • Background on who the ETP are, and the range of industries and themes they cover
  • Areas of expertise within the field of marine energy
  • Marine testing facilities within Scotland
  • Opportunities for funding with the ETP
  • How the ETP interfaces with WES in order to support collaboration between industry and academia

 

https://www.etp-scotland.ac.uk/

 

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