EU accepts innovative wave energy project
A €19.6m project aiming to be the stepping stone towards large scale wave energy commercialisation has received approval from the European Union.
Co-ordinated by the Irish company OceanEnergy, the WEDUSEA project is a collaboration between 14 partners, spanning industry and academia from across the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and Spain.
The project is co-funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme and Innovate UK.
As with all other Horizon Europe projects, WEDUSEA has undergone a comprehensive independent review by EU appointed external experts following its initial project design period to ensure the technical designs and all plans, budgets and protocols can be approved.
The WEDUSEA project will demonstrate a grid connected 1MW OE35 floating wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) wave energy test site at Billia Croo in Orkney, Scotland. A technical and environmental demonstration will happen over a two-year period in Atlantic wave conditions.
OceanEnergy has developed the OE35, which the company said is the world’s largest capacity floating wave energy device.
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