Annual Report 2018
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Yago Torre-Enciso & Jose Luis Villate BiMEP & TECNALIA


RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

 

OPERA project, funded under the H2020 programme and coordinated by TECNALIA, continues making good progress. 2018 saw the finalization of the bi-radial turbine tests at Mutriku Wave Power Plant and the implementation of that turbine in the MARMOK-A-5 device which was towed back to BiMEP site in October 2018. In addition, a sophisticated new type of mooring rope – elastomeric mooring tethers- was successfully deployed marking a significant new milestone for the project. More information on website: http://opera-h2020.eu
 

OCEANERA-NET funded projects with Basque participation:
  • TECNALIA led a consortium with other partners from Spain (Zunibal, Ditrel and Basque Energy Cluster), Portugal (WavEC), Ireland (Smartbay) and UK (ORE Catapult). The so called RECODE project, which came to an end in December 2018, developed and tested cost-effective components specifically designed for reliable and sustainable delivery of ocean energy. These components comprise a safety monitoring and control device, a wave measurement buoy, an umbilical cable monitoring device and an underwater device-to-cable connector for a floating energy converter;
     
  • IK4-Azterlan, IK4-Gaiker and Mikra Recubrimientos S.L. are working together with RISE Institutes Innventia, REPOL, WavEC, CorPower Ocean AB and Skandivavisk Ytförädling on the OCEANIC project focused on the development of corrosion and fouling resistant coatings for ocean energy structures, which are being tested at BiMEP open sea test facility.
 
2018 brought the launch of the second and third calls for trans-national access to European offshore renewable energy test facilities within the MARINET2 project. This project, funded by the European Commission under the Research Infrastructure section of H2020, has the participation of 7 Spanish partners: BiMEP, CENER, CTC, EVE, IH Cantabria, PLOCAN and TECNALIA being the Marine Corrosion Test Site “El Bocal” of CTC one of the most required test facilities so far.
 

WESE is an EASME project that will collect and process environmental data from three wave energy devices installed in Spain and Portugal in order to improve the modeling capabilities, develop a licensing guide and facilitate the selection of possible locations for the implementation of this type of technology.
 

TRLplus is a Retos Colaboración project approved by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities that aims to create innovative and highly competitive services to boost the offshore energy sector to the future market, supporting developers and side industry involved during the whole life cycle of an offshore farm.
 

NESSIE project searches innovative corrosion solutions and new materials in wave, tidal and offshore wind energy sectors through (i) technology roadmap and new materials (ii) supply chain analysis (iii) supporting consortia in scoping and developing demo, bankable projects. The Basque Energy Cluster and Fundación Asturiana de la Energía are working together with the Scottish Enterprise, ASTER – Società Consortile per Azioni, Sirris, Svenskt Marintekniskt Forum, The University of Edinburgh and
Lombardy Energy Cleantech Cluster.
 

The project ORPHEO (2016-2018) awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness to analyse the profitability of hybrid floating platforms to harness the wind and wave energy has continued with the activity approaching the objectives planned for 2018. This project consortium is composed by INGETEAM, ENEROCEAN, University of Cadiz, University of Malaga and PLOCAN