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NWEC Stage 2 - Scope of Requirements and Guidance document covers the requirements for Stage 2 of the NWEC. It outlines the competition, and provides detailed guidance describing the scope of requirements for a Stage 2 NWEC project. This includes the expected activities and outcomes that should be completed on the core workstreams of engineering development, and scale model testing and simulation. General background on the economic challenges faced by the wave energy sector, target outcome metrics, suitable test facilities (as of January 2017) and device classifications is also provided.
NW21 – Standardised Sea States and Testing Requirements outlines the process and the conditions to be used for the standardised sea states during the WES mandatory performance tank testing during the NWEC Stage 2 Programme. Please note, extreme and fatigue seas for load characterisation are not covered by WES.
The tests outlined will expand upon those completed during NWEC Stage 1, and will provide comparable data for the model prototype to allow comparison and conclusions to be drawn on the improvements available through sophisticated control, design optimisation and operational refinement.
It will ensure a competitive appraisal of technology, as required by the Pre-Commercial Procurement process, and will inform the Engineering Development activities, which form the criteria for stage gate progression to NWEC Stage 3.
Please note that this call is CLOSED. Requirements for future calls on a similar topic will differ from the documents available here.
Project Keywords: NWEC, Stage 2, Guidance, Metrics, Concept, FEED, Testing, Modelling, Irregular Sea, Power, Data
Report prepared by Wave Energy Scotland (WES) to give a summary of the Knowledge Capture documents produced by Aquamarine Power Limited, which cover their learning and experiences during technology development.
Report prepared by Wave Energy Scotland (WES) to give an summary of the Knowledge Capture documents produced by AWS Ocean Energy, which cover their learning and experiences during technology development
Details of the WES Programme including the overall progress of projects, results of recent landscaping studies and discussion of additional work WES are involved in through international partners.
Marine renewable energy development and deployment is a priority for many countries around the world. These presentations give a wider perspective on the wave energy sector and how to plan for financing.
Presentations from each of the lead contractors for each of the WES programme projects, informing of their progress up to December 2018.
The agenda from the 2017 WES Annual Conference also giving names of each project covered in the progress updates.
An overview from WES of the overall programme and planned activities for 2018.
Main presentation from the 2016 Wave Energy Scotland Conference, describing the Wave Energy Scotland programme, objectives, innovation calls and funded technologies.
This presentation was given by WES at their side event during EWTEC 2017, and showcases programme developments, international collaborations, recently announced activities, and background to tank testing requirements.
This presentation was given by WES-funded contractors in attendence at EWTEC 2017 at the WES side event, and showcases their respective project progress to date.
This presentation was given jointly by WES and the ETP (Energy Technology Partnership) at the WES side event during EWTEC 2017, and gives background on ETP, opportunities for funding and how it it interfaces with WES.
This report presents the process and outputs from a workshop held to identify and agree a measurable set of suitable metrics with minimum numerical thresholds, which can support a list of wave energy converter system requirements.
This report summarises the outcomes of the workshop including: A description of the format of the workshop and its breakout sessions, the discussions which took place, and the conclusions on the metrics and success thresholds agreed.
This report presents the results from a workshop held to validate a set of stage gate metrics for ocean energy technology development programmes. This workshop is the third in a series of workshops which form part of an ongoing collaboration in defining stage gate metrics. This was delivered by Wave Energy Scotland on behalf of and funded by the OCEANERA-NET.
This presentation was given by WES at their side event during EWTEC 2019, and showcases programme developments, updates from developers, international collaborations and recently announced activities. The presentation also includes outline of the WES paper presented during EWTEC 2019.
The documents provide guidance for projects entering at, and transitioning between, Stages 1, 2 and 3 of the PTO programme.
These documents provide guidance for Stage 1 of the Novel WEC programme, outlining the overall competition guidance, supplementary guidance on the wave tank testing elements, the sea state conditions to be used for the WES Mandatory Performance Tank Testing, and the requirements for Third Party Verification of tank testing.
The supporting documentation for Stage 1 of the 3-Stage Structural Materials and Manufacturing Processes programme, which aims to develop alternative materials for WEC technologies.
The supporting documentation for Stage 1 of the 3-Stage Control Systems programme, which aims to design, develop and demonstrate advanced control systems for WECs and their sub-systems.
The supporting documentation for Stage 1 of the 3-Stage Quick Connection Systems programme, which aims to develop to connection systems for prototype WEC developers.
The supporting documentation for Stage 2 of the Control Systems programme, which aims to design, develop and demonstrate advanced control systems for WECs and their sub-systems.
LCOE calculation tool for WEC developers
LCOE calculation tool for WEC sub-system developers
The user guide to support the use of the Scenario Creation Tool
Tool which uses a structured method to develop scenarios to support the early stages of design development
Paper presented at the conference on the study of versatile wind-wave platforms.