Foundations, anchors, and mooring systems are key components in marine renewable energy, not only because they keep devices on station and secured against extreme environmental loads but because they can also influence power production, particularly for floating systems where the efficiency of the energy extraction...
The SELKIE Project is delighted to launch the second in a series of open-source and multi-use tools for the marine renewable energy (MRE) industry. This C-ADCP (converging acoustic doppler current profiler) tool can measure high quality turbulence data in tidal stream energy sites leading to...
Thursday morning, 20th May marked the launch of the Selkie Project’s Meet the Expert series of events, focused on providing business support for companies looking to diversify into the marine energy sector. These events give companies the opportunity to learn more about key themes from...
The overall objective of work-package 9 is to ensure the sustainability of the Selkie aims beyond the project – the acceleration to commercialization of the opportunities in Ireland and Wales. To achieve this objective a detailed survey has been designed to obtain firm level data...
Limerick Wave Ltd. is a wave energy research company that is twelve years old. Limerick Wave have concentrated on Power Take Of (PTO) systems. Limerick Wave’s mission is to turn the mechanical power of the waves into electrical power for general consumption. Limerick Wave Ltd. has...
Intertek Energy & Water (formerly Metoc) is an internationally-recognised consultancy founded in the 1980s providing specialist technical services such as highly-valued modelling solutions in the marine, coastal and river environments. As a member of the Intertek Group, our core team of around 50 experts, based...
To properly understand if a tidal stream site is suitable to generate tidal energy two things are needed: how the currents change from day to day and variation across the site area. Existing tools, based on the use of acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCPs), either...
Accurate and up-to-date geographic information system (GIS) and techno economic (TE) decision support tools are pertinent to helping to develop the renewable energy sector. The proposed tool aims to incorporate increased resolution and site relevance of resource data, the most up-to-date geospatial data representing all...
As part of the Selkie Project, a computationally efficient tool for simulating the performance and wake characteristics of horizontal axis tidal turbine arrays is being developed. The aim of this research is to provide an open access, clearly documented tool for the marine renewable energy...