The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project has awarded recommendations for support to six offshore renewable energy developers to test their ocean energy products at Europe’s world-leading test centres.
Successful applicants will receive free access to test their ocean energy products and services in real sea environments at the project’s network of test centres.
Technology developers applied for support packages to test multi-device farms or single devices looking to scale up to multi-device in the future, according to Ocean DEMO .
The following technology developers were recommended for support packages under the Ocean DEMO’s fourth call, and two of them already started testing in real sea conditions:
Koen Donkers , business and innovation advisor at DMEC, said: “We reviewed the applications for Ocean DEMO’s fourth call with great interest. The project’s already promising pipeline will be strengthened by demonstrating these marine energy technologies in real sea conditions.
“After a fruitful 2021, this fourth call will help 2022 become another successful year of deployments for the Ocean DEMO project”.
Funded by Interreg North-West Europe, Ocean DEMO is a €13 million project aiming to accelerate ocean energy’s transition from single prototype to multi-device farms by providing free access to world-leading test centres.
The centres participating in the project include EMEC in UK, DMEC in the Netherlands, SEM-REV in France, and SmartBay in Ireland.