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31 July 2015
WES announces first round of contract awards from first competitive open call
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has today announced the list of successful contract awards following its first international, competitive open call. The first call focused on innovative Power Take-Off systems for wave energy devices. Over £7m has been awarded to 16 technology developers and consortia, from countries including UK, USA, Italy and Sweden, all looking for investment to advance their technology through rigorous testing and, in time, towards commercialisation. Contracted amounts range from £78,000 for concept optimisation, up to £2M for later stage prototype development.
Stage 3 projects
Project: WavePOD - A Universal Power Take Off Solution for the Wave Energy Industry
Lead Partner: Aquamarine Power
Description: Bosch Rexroth (Bosch), a leading European manufacturer, has teamed up with two wave power device developers -
Australia’s Carnegie Wave Energy (Carnegie) and Scotland’s Aquamarine Power (Aquamarine) - to further develop a reliable Power Take Off (PTO) system, known as WavePOD. With WES support, the WavePOD team proposes to complete Stage 3 testing and simulation and deliver the design and specification for a full-scale prototype WavePOD, moving WavePOD from TRL 4 to 6
Other Partners: Bosch Rexroth,
Carnegie Wave Energy
Contract amount: £1,998,918
