The existing terrestrial supply for renewables is already market-driven, whereas Ocean Energy (OE) is untapped. Having advanced single device OE deployments, FORESEA has identified a key market failure relating to the first multi-device OE farms; this is the point when risks and capital requirements are highest, hence market intervention is now most needed to realise the NWE OE potential.
Ocean DEMO will address this market failure via 3 key elements:
Change
Outputs
Long-term effects
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Lead partner
| Organisation | Address | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Marine Energy Centre |
Old Academy, Stromness, Orkney Stromness KW163AW United Kingdom |
susan.learmonth@emec.org.uk | www.emec.org.uk |
| Name | Contact Name | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Marine Energy Centre | Benjamin Lehner | benjamin@dutchmarineenergy.com | Netherlands |
| BlueWise Marine (SmartBay Test Site) | Mairéad Elliott | mairead.elliott@bluewisemarine.ie | Ireland |
| Ecole Centrale de Nantes | Florent Jubé | florent.jube@ec-nantes.fr | France |
| Ocean Energy Europe | Victor Kempf | v.kempf@oceanenergy.eu | Belgium |
The success of the EU-funded Ocean DEMO project has been celebrated in a new video and website which highlight the achievements of technology developers and innovators and the progress being made in the ocean energy industry. Read More
Over the past years, Ocean DEMO helped ease ocean energy's transition towards multi-device farms by providing free access to Europe’s world leading network of open sea test centres. To celebrate the success of the project and all the technology developers who are moving the ocean energy sector forward, we are publishing a new website to tell their stories. Read More
In this joint ETIP Ocean and Ocean DEMO webinar, you will hear about real sea experiences from two wave energy developers. Mocean and AWS will share what worked – and what didn’t – in their recent deployments, so that you increase the chances of succeeding in your own real sea demonstration. Read More
European test sites are pioneers of ocean energy deployment and are used to navigate the many challenges it entails. They have done what no one else did before, and in the process, they learned, adapted, and perfected their methods. Read More
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is holding open days next week for the public to hear about the testing and demonstration activities happening in Orkney. Read More
Join the Ocean DEMO team for oysters & muscadet next week at Seanergy 2022! The reception will take place on the Pays de la Loire Region pavilion on 15 June from 17:30. We're looking forward to see you there! Read More
Aquantis’ Tidal Power Tug is a second generation floating tidal energy converter. The versatile spar-buoy platform supports a 10-meter diameter, two-bladed variable-pitch rotor and 160 kW drivetrain. By testing at EMEC’s scale test site, Aquantis will gain experience of marine operations, while generating performance data to validate its loading and dynamics model, controller functionality and load mitigation techniques. Read More
Inverness-based AWS Ocean Energy has commenced sea trials at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) as part of its scientific testing programme for its Waveswing wave energy converter. Read More
How tidal and salinity gradient energy can be included in existing infrastructure. Read More
Wave power specialists Mocean Energy have secured major new investment to accelerate the commercial roll-out of their ground-breaking wave energy technology. The Edinburgh firm has raised €873,000 equity funding from existing funders, led by angel syndicate Equity Gap, together with Old College Capital, the University of Edinburgh’s in-house venture investment fund, and Scottish Enterprise. Read More
The first Ocean DEMO call for applications is now open. Successful applicants will receive free access to test their ocean energy products and services in real sea environments at the project’s network of test centres. Read More
Information documents and application form for the 1st Ocean DEMO call for applications. Read More
The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project has awarded recommendations for support to ten offshore renewable energy developers under its 2nd call. The awards will support developers on their path to commercialisation and ease the transition of ocean energy towards multi-device farms by providing free access to open sea test sites. Read More
The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project launched its 2nd call today at Ocean Energy Europe Conference & Exhibition 2019 in Dublin. The project has also awarded recommendations for support to twelve offshore renewable energy projects under its 1st call which closed in July 2019. Read More
Information documents and application form for the 2nd Ocean DEMO call for applications. Read More
The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project has awarded recommendations for support to 12 offshore renewable energy developers under its 3rd call. The awards will support developers on their path to commercialisation and ease the transition of ocean energy towards multi-device farms by providing free access to open sea test sites. Read More
The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project is open until 18th September 2020, at 17:00 UTC. Successful applicants will receive free access to test their ocean energy products and services in real sea environments at the project’s network of test centres. This call focuses on supporting technology developers with high readiness level for deployment in late 2020 or early 2021. Technology developers can apply for support packages to test multi-device farms or single devices able to scale up to multi-device in the future. Read More
This webinar took place on 30 June from 15:00 to 16:30 CEST. It presented the application system as well as the available support packages. It also highlighted common themes and challenges that technology developers address during their testing period. Read More
The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project opened its 3rd call today. Successful applicants will receive free access to test their ocean energy products and services in real sea environments at the project’s network of test centres. This new call will focus on supporting technology developers with high readiness level for deployment in late 2020 or early 2021. Read More
Information documents and application form for the 3rd Ocean DEMO call for applications. Read More
The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project has awarded recommendations for support to 6 offshore renewable energy developers under its 4th call. The awards support developers on their path to commercialisation and ease the transition of ocean energy towards multi-device farms by providing free access to open sea test sites. This announcement comes at the start of the OEE2021 Conference & Exhibition, where attendees will learn more about the project at the Ocean DEMO stand and official side event. Read More
The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project 4th call opens on 4 June 2021. Successful applicants will receive free access to test their ocean energy products and services in real sea environments at the project’s network of test centres. This new call will focus on supporting technology developers ready to deploy in 2021 or early 2022. Technology developers can apply for support packages to test multi-device farms or single devices able to scale up to multi-device in the future. Read More
Information documents and application form for the 4th Ocean DEMO call for applications. Read More
In the collaborative work undertaken within Ocean DEMO as well as FORESEA, demonstration projects funded by Interreg NWE, the partners have created an innovative network blueprint. Combining efforts to harness our shared goals within the ocean energy sector; supporting active testing of ocean energy converters and enabling technology, providing data to support further investment and demonstration. Read More
