This page lists the projects funded by Wave Energy Scotland. These calls have been organised into six topics, mostly with three stages (1-3).
Power Take-Off (PTO) Novel Wave Energy Converter (NWEC) Structural Materials and Manufacturing Processes (SMMP) Control Systems (CS) Quick Connection Systems (QCS) Direct Generation (DG) Note that the projects listed below are listed by the date awarded then alphabetically, not in any order of priority. DateCallProject nameProject partnersContract valueStatus30 Jul 2015 Stage 1Advanced Hydraulic-electric Power Take Off (AHPTO)Nova Innovation, Aquamarine Power, Siemens£89,929Direct contact dielectric elastomer PTO for submerged wave energy convertersScuola Superiore di Studi Uniersitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna (SSSA), University of Edinburgh, Universita di Bologna£96,000Progressed to Stage 2Edinburgh Designs Adaptive Power Take Off (EDAPTO)Edinburgh Designs£78,090New Electric Automotive Power Extraction Device (NEAPED)Marine Design International (MDI), 4c Design£79,400Power Electronic Controlled Magnet Gear (PECMAG)Ecosse Subsea Systems, Bathwick Electrical Design Ltd, Pure Marine Ltd, Supply Design Ltd.£100,000Progressed to Stage 2Power Sharing Transmission based Bi-directional to Uni-directional PTO (PST-PTO)Cofely Fabricom, Ghent University£99,990Survivable and Efficient OLeo-hydraulic assisted power TAke-off (SEÒLTA)TECNALIA Research & Innovation, OCEANTEC Energías Marinas S.L.£87,271Wave Energy Transmission ModuleRomax Technology Ltd, Sea Power Ltd, Limerick Wave & Pure Marine Gen£100,000Progressed to Stage 2'WEC-Direct' - The application of a direct drive, contra-rotating generator to wave energy convertersEnergy Systems Research Unit University of Strathclyde, Nautricity Ltd£99,128 Stage 2 (direct)C-GEN Direct Drive PTOUniversity of Edinburgh, University of Strathclyde, NGenTec Ltd, Fountain Design Ltd.£467,785Hybrid Digital Displacement® hydraulic PTO for wave energyArtemis Intelligent Power Ltd., Quoceant Ltd. £499,997ReBaS Generator (Reciprocating Ball Screw Generator)UMBRA Cuscinetti S.p.A., Hebrides Marine Services Ltd, SEAPOWER scrl [Consortium with University of Naples Federico II]£440,348Blue Power Take OffBlue Power Energy Ltd., Energy Technology Centre Ltd.£306,530 Concept Optimisation of a Variable Damping Linear Power Take Off Oscilla Power Ltd., Oscilla Power, Inc. (USA), EMEC (UK)£499,998 Stage 3 (direct)HiDrive - A direct drive PTO for resonant Wave Energy ConvertersCorPower Ocean, Iberdrola Engineer & Construction, EMEC & University of Edinburgh£1,893,4612 Nov 2015 Stage 1Attenuator Cost of Energy Reduction (ACER)4C Engineering, Sea Power Ltd£300,000Progressed to Stage 2WaveTrain Sloped Pneumatic WECJoules Energy Efficiency Services Ltd£291,039WaveNET Series 12Albatern Ltd£259,867Mocean Wave Energy ConverterMocean Energy Ltd, The University of Edinburgh£299,491Progressed to Stage 2CCell Mark 3 – Novel Curved WEC OptimisationZyba Limited, The University of Bath£252,024.88AISV - Automatically Inflatable and Stowable Volume for step reduction in WEC cost of energyQuoceant Ltd£300,000Anaconda Novel Wave Energy ConverterCheckmate Seaenergy Ltd£271,012Progressed to Stage 2Advanced Archimedes WaveswingAWS Ocean Energy Ltd£284,853Progressed to Stage 221 Sep 2016PTO Stage 2Wave Energy Transmission ModuleRomax Technology Limited, Sea Power Limited and FloWave TT£496,200Power Electronic Controlled Magnet Gear (PECMAG)Ecosse Sub-sea Systems Ltd, Supply Design Ltd Bathwick Electrical Design Ltd, Pure Marine Gen Ltd£498,420Inflatable Dielectric Elastomer Generator – PTOScuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant’Anna, University of Edinburgh, Università di Bologna, and Cheros Srl£498,000GATOR Stage 2 - a compliant seal free hydraulic PTOExceedence Ltd, Technology from Ideas Ltd, Pelagic Innovation Ltd, University of Strathclyde, and University College Cork£495,00010 Jan 2017 Stage 1HydrocompCorPower Ocean, Balmoral Offshore Engineering, Wave Venture£248,600Progressed to Stage 2Reinforced polymers for Wave EneRgyCruz Acheson Consulting Engineers Lda, Carnegie Wave Energy, CorPower Ocean, Arup Consulting Engineers, DNV-GL, National Composites Centre£249,614Advanced Rotational Moulding for Ocean Renewables (ARMOR)Haydale Composite Solutions Ltd, Crompton Moulding Ltd., Wave Venture, Carbon Trust£249,762Concrete as a Technology Enabler (CREATE)Ove Arup & Partners, Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers, MPA: The Concrete Centre, MPA British precast, SeaPower Ltd., Wello OY£250,000Progressed to Stage 2Advanced Rotational Moulding for Wave Energy Technologies (ARMWET)Polygen Ltd., Wave Venture, Rototek Ltd.£209,000Advanced Concrete Engineering - WEC (ACE-WEC)Quoceant Ltd., University of Dundee, Black and Veatch, Innosea, David Kerr£245,231PolyshellTechnology from Ideas ltd., DuPont, Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers, Radius Systems£244,500NetbuoyTension Technology International Ltd., Black and Veatch Ltd., Optimus (Abderdeen) Ltd., Quoceant Ltd.£245,300Progressed to Stage 2ELASTO (A feasibility Study on Elastomeric-based WECs.University of Edinburgh, University of Plymouth, Griffon Hoverwork£244,714Rotational Moulding of Polymers, Composites and Hybrid WEC StructuresUniversity of Edinburgh, Queens University Belfast, Pelagic Innovation, CETO UK, Eire Composites, Kingspan Environmental£250,00027 Apr 2017 Stage 2ACER24c Engineering£659,515.80Improved Archimedes Waveswing™AWS Ocean Energy Ltd£721,265Progressed to Stage 3Anaconda Novel Wave Energy Converter Stage 2Checkmate Seaenergy Ltd£727,135Mocean WEC: Next-Level Hydrodynamics and EngineeringMocean Energy Ltd£729,948Progressed to Stage 313 Sep 2017 Stage 1SURF-MATICWave Venture, Mocean Energy Ltd., Altran Ltd., CorPower Ocean AB£48,860Predictability Bounded Control of the Mocean WECMocean Energy Ltd., University of Bath£34,434WEETICSUniversity of Edinburgh, Oceantec Energias Marinas SL, Tecnalia Research and Innovation£45,000Adaptive Control of the WaveSub WEC using a Romax electromechanical PTOMarine Power Systems Ltd., University of Bath, Romax Technology Ltd.£41,850DataWaveMocean Energy Ltd., Wave Venture, CorPower Ocean AB, Polygen Ltd., MarynSol Ltd£46,200WEQUAD FRAME ProjectINNOSEA Ltd., EPF Elettrotecnica Srl£41690Cost of Energy Optimised by Reinforcement Learning (CEORL)Maxsim Ltd., Caelulum Ltd., Aquaharmonics Inc, Wave Conundrums Consulting, David Forehand, David Pizer, Mocean Energy Ltd, CorPower Ocean AB£46,926Progressed to Stage 2Control of WECs based on dielectric elastomer generatorsUniversity of Edinburgh, Cheros Srl, University of Bologna, University of Trento£47,000Non-linear Optimal Control: Concepts, Practicalities and BenefitsMocean Energy Ltd., Pelagic Innovation Ltd., Industrial Systems and Control Ltd.£47,000Adaptive hierarchical model predictive control of wave energy convertersMocean Energy Ltd, Queen Mary University of London£28,209ForewaveInnosea Ltd., Politecnico di Torino, Wave for Energy Srl, Industrial Systems and control Ltd.£37,600IMPACT Integrated Marine Point Absorber Control ToolSgurrControl Ltd., Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers£47,000Progressed to Stage 2Wave Energy Advanced Control System (WEACS)CPower Alba Ltd., SgurrControl Ltd., Wave Venture.£46,90028 Feb 2018PTO Stage 3Power Electronic Controlled Magnet Gear (PECMAG)Ecosse Subsea Systems, Bathwick Electrical Design Ltd, Supply Design Ltd, and Pure Marine Gen Ltd.£2.5m27 Mar 2018 Stage 2Integrated Marine Point Absorber Control Tool (IMPACT)SgurrControl, Cruz Atcheson.£187,409Cost of Energy Optimised by Reinforcement Learning (CEORL)MaxSim Ltd, Caelulum Ltd, Aquaharmonics Inc., Wave Conundrums Consulting, University of Edinburgh, Marine Systems Modelling, REOptimize Systems.£187,500Progressed to Stage 3Adaptive Hierarchical Model Predictive Control (AHMPC) for WEC controlQueen Mary University of London, University of Exeter, Mocean Energy Ltd.£151,304Progressed to Stage 319 Jul 2018 Stage 2WES CREATE (Concrete as a Technology Enabler) – Stage 2Ove Arup, University of Dundee, Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers, Carnegie Clean Energy Limited, MPA British Precast, Mocean Energy Ltd£375,564Progressed to Stage 3HydroCompCorPower Ocean AB, Balmoral Comtec Limited, Wave Venture Ltd£399,900Netbuoy IITension Technology International Limited, University of Strathclyde, TTI Testing Limited, Optimus (Aberdeen) Limited, Black & Veatch Limited, Quoceant Limited.£396,664Progressed to Stage 38 Jan 2019 Stage 3Mocean WEC: Blue HorizonMocean Energy, Blackfish Engineering Design Limited, Industrial Systems and Controls Ltd, Supply Design Ltd, AJS Design Engineering Ltd, Leask Marine Ltd, Aquatera Ltd, The European Marine Energy Centre Ltd, Orcades Marine Management Consultants Ltd, Oceaneering, MAESTRO Marine LLC, Budapest University of Technology and Economics.£3,324,720At sea demonstration of the Archimedes WaveswingAWS Ocean Energy, Quoceant Ltd, Pelagic Innovation Ltd, Orcades Marine Management Consultants Ltd, 4c Engineering, Malin Group Ltd.£3,321,22616 May 2019 Stage 3Cost of Energy Optimised by Reinforced Learning (CEORL)MaxSim Ltd, REOptimize Systems, AquaHarmonics Inc, Wave Conundrums Consulting, University of Edinburgh, Quoceant Ltd, Caelulum Ltd, Marine Systems Modelling£475,000Adaptive hierarchical model predictive control of wave energy convertersQueen Mary University of London, Mocean Energy Ltd., University of Exeter£461,3455 Dec 2019 Stage 1Pull and Lock Marine (PALM) Connection SystemApollo£47,850Progressed to Stage 2C-DART Quick Connection SystemBlackfish Engineering Ltd, Skua Marine Ltd.£69,050Progressed to Stage 2SEMC (Subsea Electrical & Mooring Connector)Ditrel Industrial S.L., Fundación TECNALIA Research & Innovation, Highland Design Engineering Ltd (trading as 4c Engineering).£69,800MECmateNova Innovation Ltd, Wave Venture Ltd.£68,900Progressed to Stage 2Q-ConnectQuoceant Ltd, EMEC, Inyanga Maritime Ltd.£69,344Progressed to Stage 2Rocksteady WEC Mooring and Electrical ConnectionSubsea Riser Products Ltd, 2H Offshore Engineering Ltd, CETO Wave Energy UK Ltd, CorPower Ocean Ltd, InterMoor Ltd, TE Connectivity Ltd.£69,602THOR-QCS (Tension Hookup Operation and Retrieval - QCS)TTI Marine Renewables Ltd, Tension Technology International Ltd.£66,67527 Mar 2020 Stage 3CREATE (Stage 3) - Concrete as a Technology EnablerOve Arup & Partners Ltd, K2Management Lda, British Precast Concrete Federation Ltd, Carnegie Clean Energy, AWS Ocean Energy Ltd, BAM Nuttall Ltd.£0.5mNetbuoy IIITension Technology International Ltd, Griffon Hoverwork Ltd, Kelvin Hydrodynamics Laboratory - University of Strathclyde, International Centre for Island Technology (Heriot Watt University - ICIT, Orkney Campus), PSG Marine & Logistics Ltd.£0.5m14 Jul 2020 Stage 2Pull and Lock Marine (PALM) ApolloProgressed to Stage 3C-DARTBlackfish Engineering DesignProgressed to Stage 3MECmateNova InnovationQ-ConnectQuoceantProgressed to Stage 35 Jul 2021 Stage 3Pull and Lock Marine (PALM) Apollo Offshore EngineeringC-DARTBlackfish Engineering DesignQ-ConnectQuoceant20 Oct 2023 Stage 14c Engineering£250k between five projectsProgressed to Stage 2AWS Ocean EnergySouthampton and UTCWaveXTTI RenewablesProgressed to Stage 21 Aug 2024 Stage 14c Engineering£400k between two projectsTTI Renewables
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