OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems
OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems
OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems
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04 / COUNTRY REPORTS<br />
Full scale grid connected wave energy test facility off County Mayo<br />
SEAI, in partnership with the Marine Institute, continued to operate the wave energy 1/4scale test site in<br />
Galway Bay. Work commenced, aimed at enhancing the facility by providing power and bandwidth to the<br />
site, in conjunction with the SmartBay initiative. This work will continue into 2013.<br />
The SmartBay Pilot Project in Galway Bay is designed to be a research, test and demonstration platform,<br />
and innovation test bed, for new ocean technologies developed by research institutes and companies in<br />
the fields of communications, informatics, instrumentation and sensors. In <strong>2012</strong> an operating company –<br />
SmartBay Ltd - was established to develop and manage the research infrastructure in Galway Bay.<br />
The Hydraulics and Maritime Research Centre in University College Cork (UCC) is the principal ocean<br />
energy research facility in Ireland, with special interest in ocean energy research and coastal engineering. Major<br />
enhancement of the facility as the National <strong>Ocean</strong> Test Facility is now in the design phase, as a key part of the<br />
Irish Maritime and <strong>Energy</strong> Resource Cluster (IMERC), with financial support from the Higher Education Authority,<br />
industry and the OEDU. Construction will commence in 2013. Key areas of research expertise include:<br />
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<strong>Ocean</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> Resource assessment<br />
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PTO – Turbomachines & Hydraulics<br />
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Economic Modelling<br />
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Environment and Marine Law<br />
Ì Wave <strong>Energy</strong> Physical Device model testing<br />
Ì Field Testing and measurements - Wave, Tidal, Coastal<br />
Ì Computational Fluid dynamics – Wave & Tidal<br />
Ì Numerical modelling, Wave, Tidal & Coastal processes<br />
Ì Analytical Modelling , Wave, Tidal & Coastal processes<br />
Ì Electrical, Power Electronics and Control <strong>Systems</strong><br />
Ì Instrumentation and Data acquisition<br />
Projects funded by Enterprise Ireland at HMRC include SeaGrid, a study on grid integration software and<br />
services of ocean energy which has grown from Irish participation in the IEA <strong>OES</strong> Annex on grid integration<br />
and NAVITAS, a study on Economic Assessment of <strong>Ocean</strong> energy systems, farms and projects.<br />
The University of Limerick has a Robotics group with special interest in applications in the marine<br />
renewables area.
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