Home Marine Energy Sweden's task gets EUR1.7 M increase for wave energy converter innovation
November 4, 2024, by Zerina Maksumic
The INFINITY Project, collaborated by Sweden's RISE Research Institute, has actually gotten EUR1.7 million in financing from the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP) to advance lifetime-aware design predictive control (MPC) innovation for wave energy converters (WEC).
InfinityWEC wave energy farm (Courtesy of Ocean Harvesting Technologies)
The three-year job, beginning in December 2024, will consist of real-time screening of a 1:3 scale InfinityWEC PTO system, performed on a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) rig at VGA centers in Italy.
According to Ocean Harvesting, the brand-new financing will support power liftoff (PTO) system enhancements created to decrease product usage per MW set up and lower the levelized expense of energy (LCOE) in wave energy applications.
This test stage is anticipated to confirm the real-time efficiency of the recently established MPC, including high-fidelity designs produced by the Centre for Ocean Energy Research (COER) at Maynooth University and a lifetime-aware, non-linear algorithm by Politecnico Di Torino. By enhancing the system's life-span and efficiency, the task intends to accomplish a 20% decrease in LCOE.
“The INFINITY job will lead the way for design predictive control on real-time control systems, which will considerably lower LCOE for wave energy,stated Mikael Sidenmark, CEO of Ocean Harvesting.
“Our InfinityWEC is developed particularly to take advantage of innovative control algorithms in order to make the most of energy production, and likewise control movement and loads for reputable operation and long life.”
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According to Ocean Harvesting, the InfinityWEC PTO is developed for performance, utilizing direct-drive ball screw actuators together with a hydrostatic pre-tensioning system to provide immediate force control.
The PTO system's buoy, made from ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) in a honeycomb structure, is light-weight yet extremely long lasting, making it possible for low product expenses and enhanced durability. Together, these aspects are anticipated to cut both CAPEX and OPEX relative to the system's energy output.
In June, following a financing require EUR500,000 to support style improvements for the InfinityWEC and prepare it for sea trials, Ocean Harvesting revealed its deal with the 6th generation of its InfinityWEC. This consists of a moment-based MPC for much better simulation and control.
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