Pelamis Tank Testing
Details of the tank testing of scale models carried out during their extensive R&D work
Pelamis Wave Power Ltd
Overview and Operations Review
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Project Lead
Quoceant Ltd
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Author
Quoceant Ltd
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Date
July 2015
The documents available to download here acts as signposts to the comprehensive set of documents available as part of Project Secure.
The download includes:
- 'Project Overview' to summarise the outputs of the 5 work packages that comprised Project Secure
- 'P2 Operations Review', which summarises the activities completed offshore, the metrics used to measure success, and areas identified for further work.
Project Keywords: Lessons Learnt, Planning, Sea state, Standards, Installation, Deployment, Billia Croo, Testing, Weather
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