Unibo Team Leader: Prof. Alberto Lamberti, Dip. di Ingegneria delle Strutture. dei trasporti, delle acque, del rilevamento, del territorio – DISTART
Wave Energy Convertors are at an early stage of development. First generation devices have been deployed at the shoreline and normally consist of Oscillating Water Column Systems. In order for these systems to progress towards full commercial realisation they must develop into suited to mass production. This project follows the successful FP6 funding round in which several fixed Oscillating Water Columns Wave Energy Convertors (OWC WECs) were funded at Demonstration level.
These systems are now evolving from fixed to floating devices in deeper water, further offshore. This brings new challenges which this project aims to address. The project will concentrate on the development of new concepts and components for power-take-off, control, moorings, risers, data acquisition and instrumentation based on floating OWC systems. However, the components and concepts developed will have relevance to other floating device types. This project is proposed to run over 3 years. The project brings together a mix of RTD performers and SME s selected from across the European Union for their track records, complementarity and relevant experience. The project has also enlisted the commitment of the Device Developers form the EU funded projects as Associate Partners to ensure that the project goals are both timely and relevant.
Coordinator UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK (Eire)
Other participants
THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (UK)
FUNDACION ROBOTIKER (Spain)
KYMANER - TECNOLOGIAS ENERGETICAS LDA (Portugal)
OCEAN ENERGY LIMITED (Eire)
WAVE ENERGY CENTRE - CENTRO DE ENERGIA DAS ONDAS(Portugal)
MARINE COMPUTATION SERVICES LTD (Eire)
AALBORG UNIVERSITET (Denmark)
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK (Eire)
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
- Dip. di Ingegneria delle Strutture. dei trasporti, delle acque, del rilevamento, del territorio – DISTART
- Resp. Scientifico: Prof. Alberto Lamberti
INSTITUT FUER SOLARE ENERGIEVERSORGUNGSTECHNIK E.V (Germany)
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO (Portugal)
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST (Regno Unito)
Start date 01/04/2008
End date 31/03/2011
Duration 36 months
Project cost 4.520.402 Euro
Project Funding 3.449.588 Euro
Subprogramme Area New components and concepts for ocean energy converters
Contract type Small or medium-scale focused research project