RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
COLLABORATION INFRASTRUCTURE
The SmartBay infrastructure consists of a suite of commercially available technology platforms including a network of buoys, sensor hardware and data communication systems.
SmartBay Ireland is keen to collaborate with researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs, to develop R&D projects and proposals. Partners can use both SmartBay’s physical and cyber environment to collect data and to develop, test and demonstrate new solutions for marine and related sectors.
MARINE SUPPORT
The SmartBay technical team can provide innovative Marine Support and ICT solutions to support users of the infrastructure. Within Galway Bay, ocean energy developers can utilise SmartBay infrastructure and marine support services to validate prototype devices and collect data during deployments.
The Marine Institute, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), Hydraulics and Maritime Research Centre (HMRC) and SmartBay Ireland have sourced funding through Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) to install 4km of subsea cable to the test and demonstration site.
SEAI OCEAN ENERGY TEST SITE The test and demonstration site will be located at the SEAI Ocean Energy Test Site situated in Galway Bay. SmartBay Ireland will manage the facility, which will include two undersea research nodes with 400v power and high speed data communications via 10 pairs of optical fibres.
The nodes can host a complement of client sensors which can be tested and demonstrated in near real time. A power buoy will also be installed at the site which will provide power to and dissipate power from prototype Wave Energy Converters (WECs).
John Breslin SmartBay
www.smartbay.ie
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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