Meet the Consortium Team
CorPower Ocean brings a new class of high efficiency Wave Energy Converters (WECs) enabling robust and cost-effective harvesting of electricity from ocean waves. The design principle is inspired by the pumping principles of the human heart and offers five times more energy per ton of device compared to previously known technologies, allowing a large amount of energy to be harvested using a small and low-cost device. The CorPower Ocean WEC's unique ability to become transparent to incoming waves provides survivability for the WEC in storm conditions.
Within this project, CorPower Ocean will coordinate the project implementation and the deployment of the pilot farm and its operation over the next decade.
CorPower Ocean
EMEC is the world’s leading ocean energy test centre, supporting the development and commercialisation of wave and tidal energy through the provision of real-sea test sites, technical expertise and independent performance validation.
In the POWER‑Farm EU project, EMEC is a core delivery partner. The array will be demonstrated at its grid‑connected wave energy test site at Billia Croo, on the west coast of Orkney. EMEC is also leading on operations and maintenance, environmental monitoring and power performance assessment, as well as supporting consenting and data management. Through independent verification and long‑term monitoring, EMEC plays a key role in validating the performance, reliability and environmental compatibility of the first utility‑scale wave energy array.
EMEC
Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) is the leading voice of the ocean energy sector in Europe and the world’s largest network of ocean energy professionals.
Its mission is to foster a strong environment for the development of ocean energy by improving access to funding and enhancing business opportunities for its members. OEE actively engages with European institutions, including the Commission, Parliament, Council, and EIB, as well as national ministries to shape policies that support the sector.
Within the POWER-Farm EU project, OEE contributes by:
Leveraging its extensive network of industry, academic, and policy stakeholders
Leading high-impact communication and dissemination activities
Promoting project results to maximise their value and impact
Organising events and raising awareness of wave energy and its potential
Through its outreach and advocacy, OEE helps ensure that project results reach the right audiences and drive real-world impact.
Ocean Energy Europe
Kristinehamn Teknik & Service AB offers complete assembly, repair and maintenance solutions that enable safe and uninterrupted operation in the sectors of hydropower, wind power, ship propulsion systems, paper and pulp and now wave power.
KTS role in this project is to assemble the PTO Modules at its premises.
Kristinehamn Teknik & Service
Renewable Risk Advisers (RRA) is a specialist risk management / insurance consultancy and insurance broker with an unparalleled depth of experience of risk mitigation in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors. Their backgrounds give them a unique blend of insights from the perspective of technology developers, project developers and operators, project financiers, onshore and offshore engineers and insurance and risk management specialists.
Within this project, RRA will monitor various work packages including FEED studies, installation and O & M methodologies and results, as well as developing scenario analyses to better inform the cost of risk. RRA’s main output will then be an analysis around the insurability of the technology and the scope of warranty requirements, aiming also to engage with insurers to help to accelerate the pathway to commercialisation.
Renewable Risk Advisers
The University of Edinburgh is a global leader in Ocean Energy technologies research and development , and policy guidance.
Within the University, the Institute for Energy Systems (IES) is a multidisciplinary centre delivering world-leading research in low-carbon energy systems, technologies, and policy. Its expertise spans resource modelling and measurement, hydrodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, electromagnetics, power electronics, control systems, power system analysis, and life-cycle assessment.
The IES also hosts world-class offshore renewable energy test facilities, including the FloWave Test Tank, and plays a key role in both academic and industry-led projects.
Within this project, the University of Edinburgh will undertake analysis of the European supply chain competitiveness and circularity benefits for EU ocean energy sector and provide policy guidance that will enable the EU to achieve its goal of becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, with simultaneously meeting its economic growth and competitiveness goals.
