Other Activities Overview of additional activities undertaken as part of the wider WES programme including research studies and events View details
Power Take Off A series of projects based on developing and testing power take off systems for integration into wave energy converters. View details
Novel Wave Energy Converter Research and development projects looking at solutions for the main structure and prime mover of wave energy converters. View details
Quick Connection Systems Development projects, designing Quick Connection Systems between mooring and/or electrical systems for wave energy converters in order to reduce the duration, cost and risk of offshore operations. View details
Structural Materials and Manufacturing Processes Engineering Design Studies into Structural Materials and Manufacturing Processes, specifically focused on the construction of the WEC structure and prime mover. View details
Control Systems for Wave Energy Converters Advanced control systems for Wave Energy Converters and sub-systems which will deliver improvements in performance, affordability, survivability and reliability. View details
Aquamarine Power Ltd Research and Testing The project documents the findings from the exploratory testing completed by Aquamarine Power Ltd, and also records the experience gained in modelling PTO systems for small-scale tank testing. View details
Lessons Learnt from Real Sea Deployments Guidance documents giving lessons learnt from real sea deployments of marine renewables at The European Marine Energy Test Centre in Orkney, Scotland. View details
Knowledge Capture - Aquamarine Power Ltd Reports from APL cover the development and installaton of the Oyster 1 and Oyster 800 wave energy converters, and include offshore operations, cathodic protection, supply chain experiences and scaled tank testing. View details
Knowledge Capture - AWS Ocean Energy Ltd The AWS Ocean Energy reports cover the experience gained by AWS from a variety of wave energy projects, and discuss some of the drivers for technology decisions during their device development process. View details
Pelamis Wave Power Ltd This project compiles information on Pelamis at the time it closed in 2014, covering topics such as PTO, moorings and scale model testing of the attenuator wave energy converter technology. View details
Pelamis Cost Metrics Detailed breakdown of component costs within a project help to inform areas to target for cost reduction. Here build costs for the Pelamis P2 wave energy converter tested in EMEC are presented. View details
Annual Conference 2019 The fourth WES Conference was held in December 2019, with Paul Wheelhouse MSP returning to provide the keynote address. Project updates were given, along with information on the WES programme and wider wave energy sector. View details
Annual Conference 2018 The third WES Conference was held in December 2018, with Minister Paul Wheelhouse providing the keynote address. Project updates were given along with information on the WES programme and wider wave energy sector View details
Landscaping Studies During 2016 and 2018, WES commissioned 'landscaping studies' on various topics to help identify the future requirements of the wave energy sector and enable WES to target technology development where it is most needed. View details
Closed Call Guidance Documents Guidance documents for each of the Wave Energy Scotland calls which have taken place since 2015 View details
International Metrics Development Wave Energy Scotland are involved in ongoing international collaborations on the development of metrics to be used across the ocean energy sector. A number of workshops have been held and the outputs are available here. View details
Annual Conference 2017 WES' second Annual Conference took place on Tuesday 28th November in Edinburgh. The one day conference was designed to inform delegates about the progress of the various WES programmes since its establishment in 2014. View details
O&M Simulation Tool Open source, Excel based, Operations and Maintenance (O&M) simulation tool for wave developers produced as part of an IDCORE Engineering Doctorate. View details
