TIDAL-EC
Tidal Energy Converter Cost Reduction via Power Take Off Optimisation
| Coordinatore | OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY CATAPULT
Organization address
address: OFFSHORE HOUSE ALBERT STREET contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Totale costo | 1˙349˙049 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙041˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2013 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME |
| Anno di inizio | 2014 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2014-09-01 - 2016-08-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY CATAPULT
Organization address
address: OFFSHORE HOUSE ALBERT STREET contact info |
UK (BLYTH NORTHUMBERLAND) | coordinator | 71˙760.00 |
| 2 |
TOCARDO INTERNATIONAL BV
Organization address
address: SLUISKOLKKADE 2 contact info |
NL (DEN OEVER) | participant | 565˙183.30 |
| 3 |
OCEAN FLOW ENERGY LTD
Organization address
address: MILLVIEW DRIVE 15 contact info |
UK (NORTH SHIELDS) | participant | 175˙966.94 |
| 4 |
MINESTO AB
Organization address
address: VITA GAVELNS VAG 6 contact info |
SE (VASTRA FROLUNDA) | participant | 136˙244.00 |
| 5 |
FIBERSENSING-SISTEMAS AVANCADOS DEMONITORIZACAO SA
Organization address
address: RUA VASCONCELOS COSTA 277 contact info |
PT (MAIA) | participant | 91˙845.72 |
| 6 |
SINTEF ENERGI AS
Organization address
address: Sem Saelandsveg 11 contact info |
NO (TRONDHEIM) | participant | 0.00 |
| 7 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Organization address
address: OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE contact info |
UK (EDINBURGH) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The Tidal Energy Converter Cost Reduction via Power Take Off Optimisation (TIDAL-EC) project proposes a set of research and development activities to substantially improve the economic competitiveness of a key developing sector of the renewable energy market: that of tidal stream power generation. Two of the largest and most critical components of any mainstream tidal energy converter (TEC) are the power take off (PTO) system (the shaft, bearings and other equipment which connects the turbine blades with the generator) and the electrical generator itself. Experts in the field of turbine and generator testing, the UK’s National Renewable Energy Centre (NAREC) together with SME partners Tocardo International (TOCARDO),Ocean Flow Energy (OCEANFLOW), Minesto (MINESTO) & FiberSensing (FIBERSENSING) and Research (RTD) performing partners the University of Edinburgh (UEDIN) and SINTEF (SINTEF), plan to conduct vital research and concept design activities to determine the optimum design of a TEC power take off system and permanent magnet generator (PMG). These radically optimised systems will improve reliability, increase power conversion efficiency and facilitate reduction in the cost of tidal power. In turn, the results of this project will also help SME tidal developers (and their SME suppliers) to be able to offer warranties and guarantees to end customers (European Energy Utilities) and enable large scale roll out of tidal energy in the EU; supporting diversification of the European energy mix and helping to achieve European 2020 renewable energy and carbon emission reduction targets.
The formation of the consortium has been carefully considered, in parallel with the resource commitments required to support the proposed programme of work. All consortium members have clearly defined roles and responsibilities within the work programme, and have determined that their return on investment is significant, appropriate and is in alignment with their strategic vision.'