List of projects funded by Wave Energy Scotland
This page lists the projects funded by Wave Energy Scotland. These calls have been organised into six topics, mostly with three stages.
- Power Take-Off
- Novel Wave Energy Converter
- Structural Materials and Manufacturing Processes
- Control Systems
- Quick Connection Systems
- Direct Generation
| Date | Call | Project name | Project partners | Contract value | Status |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 1 | Advanced Hydraulic-electric Power Take Off | Nova Innovation, Aquamarine Power, Siemens | £89,929 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 1 | Direct contact dielectric elastomer PTO for submerged wave energy converters | Scuola Superiore di Studi Uniersitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna, University of Edinburgh, Universita di Bologna | £96,000 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 1 | Edinburgh Designs Adaptive Power Take Off | Edinburgh Designs | £78,090 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 1 | New Electric Automotive Power Extraction Device | Marine Design International, 4c Design | £79,400 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 1 | Power Electronic Controlled Magnet Gear | Ecosse Subsea Systems, Bathwick Electrical Design Ltd, Pure Marine Ltd, Supply Design Ltd. | £100,000 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 1 | Power Sharing Transmission based Bi-directional to Uni-directional PTO | Cofely Fabricom, Ghent University | £99,990 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 1 | Survivable and Efficient OLeo-hydraulic assisted power TAke-off | TECNALIA Research & Innovation, OCEANTEC Energías Marinas S.L. | £87,271 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 1 | Wave Energy Transmission Module | Romax Technology Ltd, Sea Power Ltd, Limerick Wave & Pure Marine Gen | £100,000 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 1 | 'WEC-Direct' - The application of a direct drive, contra-rotating generator to wave energy converters | Energy Systems Research Unit University of Strathclyde, Nautricity Ltd | £99,128 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 2 | C-GEN Direct Drive PTO | University of Edinburgh, University of Strathclyde, NGenTec Ltd, Fountain Design Ltd. | £467,785 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 2 | Hybrid Digital Displacement® hydraulic PTO for wave energy | Artemis Intelligent Power Ltd., Quoceant Ltd. | £499,997 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 2 | ReBaS Generator | UMBRA Cuscinetti S.p.A., Hebrides Marine Services Ltd, SEAPOWER scrl | £440,348 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 2 | Blue Power Take Off | Blue Power Energy Ltd., Energy Technology Centre Ltd. | £306,530 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 2 | Concept Optimisation of a Variable Damping Linear Power Take Off | Oscilla Power Ltd., Oscilla Power, Inc., EMEC | £499,998 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | Stage 3 | HiDrive - A direct drive PTO for resonant Wave Energy Converters | CorPower Ocean, Iberdrola Engineer & Construction, EMEC & University of Edinburgh | £1,893,461 | |
| 2 Nov 2015 | Stage 1 | Attenuator Cost of Energy Reduction | 4C Engineering, Sea Power Ltd | £300,000 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 2 Nov 2015 | Stage 1 | WaveTrain Sloped Pneumatic WEC | Joules Energy Efficiency Services Ltd | £291,039 | |
| 2 Nov 2015 | Stage 1 | WaveNET Series 12 | Albatern Ltd | £259,867 | |
| 2 Nov 2015 | Stage 1 | Mocean Wave Energy Converter | Mocean Energy Ltd, The University of Edinburgh | £299,491 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 2 Nov 2015 | Stage 1 | CCell Mark 3 – Novel Curved WEC Optimisation | Zyba Limited, The University of Bath | £252,024.88 | |
| 2 Nov 2015 | Stage 1 | AISV - Automatically Inflatable and Stowable Volume for step reduction in WEC cost of energy | Quoceant Ltd | £300,000 | |
| 2 Nov 2015 | Stage 1 | Anaconda Novel Wave Energy Converter | Checkmate Seaenergy Ltd | £271,012 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 2 Nov 2015 | Stage 1 | Advanced Archimedes Waveswing | AWS Ocean Energy Ltd | £284,853 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 21 Sep 2016 | PTO Stage 2 | Wave Energy Transmission Module | Romax Technology Limited, Sea Power Limited and FloWave TT | £496,200 | |
| 21 Sep 2016 | PTO Stage 2 | Power Electronic Controlled Magnet Gear | Ecosse Sub-sea Systems Ltd, Supply Design Ltd Bathwick Electrical Design Ltd, Pure Marine Gen Ltd | £498,420 | |
| 21 Sep 2016 | PTO Stage 2 | Inflatable Dielectric Elastomer Generator – PTO | Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant’Anna, University of Edinburgh, Università di Bologna, and Cheros Srl | £498,000 | |
| 21 Sep 2016 | PTO Stage 2 | GATOR Stage 2 - a compliant seal free hydraulic PTO | Exceedence Ltd, Technology from Ideas Ltd, Pelagic Innovation Ltd, University of Strathclyde, and University College Cork | £495,000 | |
| 10 Jan 2017 | Stage 1 | Hydrocomp | CorPower Ocean, Balmoral Offshore Engineering, Wave Venture | £248,600 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 10 Jan 2017 | Stage 1 | Reinforced polymers for Wave EneRgy | Cruz Acheson Consulting Engineers Lda, Carnegie Wave Energy, CorPower Ocean, Arup Consulting Engineers, DNV-GL, National Composites Centre | £249,614 | |
| 10 Jan 2017 | Stage 1 | Advanced Rotational Moulding for Ocean Renewables | Haydale Composite Solutions Ltd, Crompton Moulding Ltd., Wave Venture, Carbon Trust | £249,762 | |
| 10 Jan 2017 | Stage 1 | Concrete as a Technology Enabler | Ove Arup & Partners, Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers, MPA: The Concrete Centre, MPA British precast, SeaPower Ltd., Wello OY | £250,000 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 10 Jan 2017 | Stage 1 | Advanced Rotational Moulding for Wave Energy Technologies | Polygen Ltd., Wave Venture, Rototek Ltd. | £209,000 | |
| 10 Jan 2017 | Stage 1 | Advanced Concrete Engineering - WEC | Quoceant Ltd., University of Dundee, Black and Veatch, Innosea, David Kerr | £245,231 | |
| 10 Jan 2017 | Stage 1 | Polyshell | Technology from Ideas ltd., DuPont, Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers, Radius Systems | £244,500 | |
| 10 Jan 2017 | Stage 1 | Netbuoy | Tension Technology International Ltd., Black and Veatch Ltd., Optimus Ltd., Quoceant Ltd. | £245,300 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 10 Jan 2017 | Stage 1 | ELASTO | Maxsim Ltd., Caelulum Ltd., Aquaharmonics Inc, Wave Conundrums Consulting, David Forehand, David Pizer, Mocean Energy Ltd, CorPower Ocean AB | £46,926 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 13 Sep 2017 | Stage 1 | Control of WECs based on dielectric elastomer generators | University of Edinburgh, Cheros Srl, University of Bologna, University of Trento | £47,000 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | Stage 1 | Non-linear Optimal Control: Concepts, Practicalities and Benefits | Mocean Energy Ltd., Pelagic Innovation Ltd., Industrial Systems and Control Ltd. | £47,000 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | Stage 1 | Adaptive hierarchical model predictive control of wave energy converters | Mocean Energy Ltd, Queen Mary University of London | £28,209 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | Stage 1 | Forewave | Innosea Ltd., Politecnico di Torino, Wave for Energy Srl, Industrial Systems and control Ltd. | £37,600 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | Stage 1 | IMPACT Integrated Marine Point Absorber Control Tool | SgurrControl Ltd., Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers | £47,000 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 13 Sep 2017 | Stage 1 | Wave Energy Advanced Control System | CPower Alba Ltd., SgurrControl Ltd., Wave Venture. | £46,900 | |
| 28 Feb 2018 | PTO Stage 3 | Power Electronic Controlled Magnet Gear | Ecosse Subsea Systems, Bathwick Electrical Design Ltd, Supply Design Ltd,and Pure Marine Gen Ltd. | £2.5m | |
| 27 Mar 2018 | Stage 2 | Integrated Marine Point Absorber Control Tool | SgurrControl, Cruz Atcheson. | £187,409 | |
| 27 Mar 2018 | Stage 2 | Cost of Energy Optimised by Reinforcement Learning | MaxSim Ltd, Caelulum Ltd, Aquaharmonics Inc., Wave Conundrums Consulting, University of Edinburgh, Marine Systems Modelling, REOptimize Systems. | £187,500 | Progressed to Stage 3 |
| 27 Mar 2018 | Stage 2 | Adaptive Hierarchical Model Predictive Control for WEC control | Queen Mary University of London, University of Exeter, Mocean Energy Ltd. | £151,304 | Progressed to Stage 3 |
| 19 Jul 2018 | Stage 2 | WES CREATE – Stage 2 | Ove Arup, University of Dundee, Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers, Carnegie Clean Energy Limited, MPA British Precast, Mocean Energy Ltd | £375,564 | Progressed to Stage 3 |
| 19 Jul 2018 | Stage 2 | HydroComp | CorPower Ocean AB, Balmoral Comtec Limited, Wave Venture Ltd | £399,900 | |
| 19 Jul 2018 | Stage 2 | Netbuoy II | Tension Technology International Limited, University of Strathclyde, TTI Testing Limited, Optimus Limited, Black & Veatch Limited, Quoceant Limited. | £396,664 | Progressed to Stage 3 |
| 8 Jan 2019 | Stage 3 | Mocean WEC: Blue Horizon | Mocean Energy, Blackfish Engineering Design Limited, Industrial Systems and Controls Ltd, Supply Design Ltd, AJS Design Engineering Ltd, Leask Marine Ltd, Aquatera Ltd, The European Marine Energy Centre Ltd, Orcades Marine Management Consultants Ltd, Oceaneering, MAESTRO Marine LLC, Budapest University of Technology and Economics. | £3,324,720 | |
| 8 Jan 2019 | Stage 3 | At sea demonstration of the Archimedes Waveswing | AWS Ocean Energy, Quoceant Ltd, Pelagic Innovation Ltd, Orcades Marine Management Consultants Ltd, 4c Engineering, Malin Group Ltd. | £3,321,226 | |
| 16 May 2019 | Stage 3 | Cost of Energy Optimised by Reinforced Learning | MaxSim Ltd, REOptimize Systems, AquaHarmonics Inc, Wave Conundrums Consulting, University of Edinburgh, Quoceant Ltd, Caelulum Ltd, Marine Systems Modelling | £475,000 | |
| 16 May 2019 | Stage 3 | Adaptive hierarchical model predictive control of wave energy converters | Queen Mary University of London, Mocean Energy Ltd., University of Exeter | £461,345 | |
| 5 Dec 2019 | Stage 1 | Pull and Lock Marine Connection System | Apollo | £47,850 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 5 Dec 2019 | Stage 1 | C-DART Quick Connection System | Blackfish Engineering Ltd, Skua Marine Ltd. | £69,050 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 5 Dec 2019 | Stage 1 | SEMC | Ditrel Industrial S.L., Fundación TECNALIA Research & Innovation, Highland Design Engineering Ltd. | £69,800 | |
| 5 Dec 2019 | Stage 1 | MECmate | Nova Innovation Ltd, Wave Venture Ltd. | £68,900 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 5 Dec 2019 | Stage 1 | Q-Connect | Quoceant Ltd, EMEC, Inyanga Maritime Ltd. | £69,344 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 5 Dec 2019 | Stage 1 | Rocksteady WEC Mooring and Electrical Connection | Subsea Riser Products Ltd, 2H Offshore Engineering Ltd, CETO Wave Energy UK Ltd, CorPower Ocean Ltd, InterMoor Ltd, TE Connectivity Ltd. | £69,602 | |
| 5 Dec 2019 | Stage 1 | THOR-QCS | TTI Marine Renewables Ltd, Tension Technology International Ltd. | £66,675 | |
| 27 Mar 2020 | Stage 3 | CREATE - Concrete as a Technology Enabler | Ove Arup & Partners Ltd, K2Management Lda, British Precast Concrete Federation Ltd, Carnegie Clean Energy, AWS Ocean Energy Ltd, BAM Nuttall Ltd. | £0.5m | |
| 27 Mar 2020 | Stage 3 | Netbuoy III | Tension Technology International Ltd, Griffon Hoverwork Ltd, Kelvin Hydrodynamics Laboratory - University of Strathclyde, International Centre for Island Technology, PSG Marine & Logistics Ltd. | £0.5m | |
| 14 Jul 2020 | Stage 2 | Pull and Lock Marine | Apollo | Progressed to Stage 3 | |
| 14 Jul 2020 | Stage 2 | C-DART | Blackfish Engineering Design | Progressed to Stage 3 | |
| 14 Jul 2020 | Stage 2 | MECmate | Nova Innovation | ||
| 14 Jul 2020 | Stage 2 | Q-Connect | Quoceant | Progressed to Stage 3 | |
| 5 Jul 2021 | Stage 3 | Pull and Lock Marine | Apollo Offshore Engineering | ||
| 5 Jul 2021 | Stage 3 | C-DART | Blackfish Engineering Design | ||
| 5 Jul 2021 | Stage 3 | Q-Connect | Quoceant | ||
| 20 Oct 2023 | Stage 1 | 4c Engineering | £250k between five projects | Progressed to Stage 2 | |
| 20 Oct 2023 | Stage 1 | AWS Ocean Energy | £250k between five projects | ||
| 20 Oct 2023 | Stage 1 | Southampton and UTC | £250k between five projects | ||
| 20 Oct 2023 | Stage 1 | WaveX | £250k between five projects | ||
| 20 Oct 2023 | Stage 1 | TTI Renewables | £250k between five projects | Progressed to Stage 2 | |
| 1 Aug 2024 | Stage 1 | 4c Engineering | £400k between two projects | ||
| 1 Aug 2024 | Stage 1 | TTI Renewables | £400k between two projects |