SCOTLAND UPS BET ON OCEAN ENERGY
Cash injection for wave devices
August 3, 2015 (ReNews)
“…[Wave Energy Scotland awarded] over £7m awarded to 16 technology developers and consortia…[including to the] Aquamarine Power-led WavePOD project…for a full-scale prototype PTO, moving it from TRL4 (technology readiness level) to TRL6…Partners in the project, which is aimed at developing a “universal” PTO for the wave energy converters, are Bosch Rexroth and Carnegie Wave Energy…Corpower Ocean was awarded £1,893,461 to develop its HiDrive direct drive PTO for resonant WECs. The technology will be taken through the next step of structured verification, with support from the European Marine Energy Centre, Iberdrola Engineering and the University of Edinburgh…The open call received 42 full proposals that met the specific ‘gate entry’ criteria…Contracted amounts range from £78,000 for concept optimisation, up to £2m for later stage prototype development…” click here for more
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