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
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
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
Control of WECs with machine learning This IDCORE project has investigated the application of reinforcement learning and neural networks to the control of a point absorber. In particular, approaches with static sea states have been analysed. The controllers are proved to be adaptive to changes in wave conditions and system dynamics. View details
Aquamarine Power Knowledge Capture - Project Overview 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. View details
Aquamarine Power Knowledge Capture - Offshore Operational Experience Lessons learnt from Aquamarine Power Limited - Offshore Operations Experience, including offshore planning, supply chain, vessel capabilities and weather limitations View details
Aquamarine Power Knowledge Capture - Corrosion and Protection Lessons learnt from Aquamarine Power Limited - Experiences of the use of standard off-the-shelf components, materials, and material grades in disturbed water environments View details
Aquamarine Power Knowledge Capture - Supply chain Lessons learnt from Aquamarine Power Limited - Experiences of the supply chain and component supply View details
