A short history of wave energy
The production of energy, in particular through the burning of fossil fuels, accounts for an estimated three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions. Widely recognised as a key driver of climate change, global superpowers are now uniting to mastermind an energy transition moving rapidly towards green, renewable forms of power production. Wave power is set to […]
Read MorePortugal’s green energy stature grows with ‘world-first’ EU SCORES Project
Portugal’s stature as a leading force in green energy grew further this month with the arrival of the €45m EU SCORES Project – paving the way for the world’s first hybrid offshore energy park. The European SCalable Offshore Renewable Energy Sources (EU-SCORES) Project will be partly located off the coast of Viana do Castelo, capitalising […]
Read More€45million EU-SCORES Project aims to deliver ‘world-first’ bankable multi-source offshore marine energy parks
A new €45million marine energy project – European SCalable Offshore Renewable Energy Sources (EU-SCORES) – is paving the way for bankable multi-source offshore parks across Europe by 2025. EU-SCORES brings together leading wave energy and offshore solar PV technology providers, CorPower Ocean and Oceans of Energy, major project developers RWE, EDP, ENEL Green Power, Simply […]
Read MoreComposite World reports on CorPower’s novel Mobile Filament Winding System
Global media platform Composite World has completed an in-depth report on CorPower’s industrial-scale wave energy converters. The 9-meter-long WECs are designed for high-efficiency, durable wave energy generation and fast, on-site manufacture. Following years of test and development, CorPower identified Filament-Wound GFRP (Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer) composites as the most efficient and cost-effective solution to manufacture commercial-scale hulls. After […]
Read MoreWhat does it take to build the world’s largest wave energy test-rig?
While bringing its groundbreaking Wave Energy Converter (WEC) technology into commercial scale systems over the last three years, CorPower has also developed an on-land test-rig capable of accurately simulating wave loading from any ocean site around the world. The ocean is a fierce and unforgiving environment. All too often we have witnessed pioneers deploying solutions at sea before being thoroughly tested on land, only to go on and fail. Many risks involved in deploying first-of-a-kind systems can be eliminated if machines are rigorously tested and debugged in a controlled machine hall environment before ocean deployment. CorPower’s first commercial scale WEC called C4 has a diameter […]
Read MoreCorPower features on Megadeals Podcast
The latest Megadeals Podcast is live with CorPower CEO Patrik Moller discussing the firm’s recent inclusion in the ‘Sustainability Game Changers – Nordic Top 50 report’. The Sustainability Report, led by Stockholm Management Consultancy Megadeals Advisory and Environmental Services group We Don’t Have Time, recognises companies delivering world-class innovations to significantly lower CO2 emissions with […]
Read MoreThe real value of ocean energy: an interview with Ocean Energy Europe CEO Rémi Gruet
Rémi Gruet is the CEO of Ocean Energy Europe. After working for 6 years in the private sector, Rémi Gruet spent a further 17 years influencing the European political agenda, working both inside and outside EU institutions – notably the European Parliament and European Wind Energy Association. He joined OEE in 2013 to promote […]
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