Ocean Energy Develops Largest And Most Powerful Wave Energy Technology To Harness Ocean Power And Generate Renewable Energy

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Published on 19/10/2022 at 17:58

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Ocean Energy Developed The Largest And Most Powerful Technology To Generate Renewable Energy From Waves. Check Out The Prototype OE35.

The company Ocean Energy from Ireland signed a collaboration project with 14 industries and universities from the UK, France, Ireland, and Spain. The project will test its new wave energy equipment called OE35 at scale over the next 4 years. Ocean Energy is responsible for developing wave energy technology for capturing ocean energy and generating renewable energy aimed at improving the security of energy supply while also facilitating the energy transition.

OE35 Is The World’s Most Capable Device

YouTube video — *Ocean Energy – Wave Power Plant*

The new project, which received investments of US$ 19.2 million, called WEDUSEA, is co-funded by the Horizon Europe Program and Innovate UK, aiming to enable viable wave energy technology in the market.

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Ocean Energy claims that its OE35 is the world’s most capable device. The machine floats on the ocean surface and uses a trapped air bladder for electricity generation. The bottom is open to the waves. This way, as the waves pass through this submerged opening, they oscillate and drive the trapped air through a turbine.

The generated energy can then be sent to the grid. According to the project manager of the European Marine Energy Center, Myles Heward, the innovative actions of renewable energy from the program aim to improve the scalability, reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of wave energy technology and reduce the levelized cost of energy from the technology by over 30%, stating that this will help reduce investment risks in wave energy.

Wave Energy Project Will Conduct Three Testing Phases Over The Next Four Years

*Assembly of the WEDUSEA Project – Ocean Energy*

According to the WEDUSEA project contract, Ocean Energy will demonstrate a 1 MW Floating Wave Energy Converter OE35 connected to the grid at the European Marine Energy Center testing site in Orkney, Scotland.

The project will be carried out in three separate testing phases over the next 4 years. For Matthijs Soede from the European Commission, WEDUSEA is expected to take energy beyond the state of the art through collaboration among multidisciplinary partners and contribute to the installation of reliable wave energy device arrays to achieve the goal of 1 GW by 2030, as presented in the Company’s Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy.

The ongoing energy crisis demonstrates that utilizing various renewable energy sources is crucial to enhancing supply security, and an advancement in ocean energy would greatly benefit the population.

Understand The Phases Of The Project

The first phase of the renewable energy project will serve as the initial step for a device especially suitable for the ocean conditions at the European Marine Energy testing site.

For the second phase, which will last about two years, teams will focus on the installation process and demonstration. If everything goes as planned, the initial phase will focus on the sale and dissemination of the technology.

Several other companies, including the Cyprus-based startup Sea Wave Energy Ltd and CalWave, based in the USA, are also working on achieving better efficiency with wave energy. CalWave, for example, claims that its device, called xWave, operated for 10 months virtually maintenance-free during a recent test.

Ocean Energy Develops Largest And Most Powerful Wave Energy Technology To Harness Ocean Power And Generate Renewable Energy

Ocean Energy Developed The Largest And Most Powerful Technology To Generate Renewable Energy From Waves. Check Out The Prototype OE35.

OE35 Is The World’s Most Capable Device

Wave Energy Project Will Conduct Three Testing Phases Over The Next Four Years

Understand The Phases Of The Project

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