Ground-breaking wave energy test project gears up for first live webinar
A ground-breaking wave energy testing project delivered under the EU funded Horizon-2020 framework is gearing up to deliver its first live webinar on May 21. The VALID Project webinar takes place between 15:00-16:00 CET on Tuesday May 24. The event will lay out the history of hybrid testing, and its potential benefits for the development […]
Read MoreEVOLVE Project reveals positive role for wave energy in Europe’s future low carbon energy system
With official results from the EVOLVE Project due for release later this year, initial findings indicate wave energy will positively impact Europe’s future low carbon energy system. The €1million initiative – which stands for Economic Value of Ocean Energy – aims to build a firm evidence base to support the introduction of – ocean energy […]
Read MoreWave energy offers ‘significant and unique’ contribution to clean energy future, concludes leading US report
A prominent report produced by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has concluded that wave energy technology can contribute ‘significantly and uniquely’ to the clean energy future. PNNL researchers focused on a ‘value-first’ perspective to identify value propositions that wave, tidal and ocean current technologies could offer to […]
Read MoreCorPower named finalist in Sweden’s largest energy business award E-Prize 2021
CorPower is an official finalist in Sweden’s largest energy business award, E-Prize 2021. The exclusive event is delivered by energy company Eon, Aktuell Hållbarhet and Dagens industri. Now in its 13th year, it recognises the nation’s smartest new energy solutions with a focus on climate-related innovations. An expert jury has whittled a long list of […]
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 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 […]
Read MoreCorPower makes front page of IEA OES Report
CorPower is honoured to make the front page of IEA Ocean Energy Systems’ latest international report on metrics to evaluate and guide investment in ocean energy technologies. A must read for anyone getting serious in the field! We are firm believers in the structured five-stage approach to bring bankable ocean energy technology to market.
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