NEWS & EVENTS INDUSTRY UPDATE
MARINE ENERGY TECHNICAL CONSULTING SINCE 1991
IT Power has a long-standing history in the development of tidal stream and wave energy technologies which dates back to the early 1990s; this included some of the first studies and trials of tidal turbines and the first European-wide tidal resource assessment.
For 12 years the company has developed their own technical designs, which culminated in the delivery of the Seaflow project and the spin-off off Marine Current Turbines in 2003. Since then, they have undertaken over 65 technical and strategic marine energy consulting projects across the globe and have seen the emergence of an exciting sector.
WAVE & TIDAL SOLUTIONS IT Power’s passion for marine energy started through the development of their own solutions for tidal and wave energy exploitation. As more and more concepts started to emerge, they recognised the need for an experienced engineering consultancy able to provide technical support to entrepreneurs and academics developing marine energy technology. Contract R&D now provides the bulk of their workload.
The company’s direct involvement in developing several technologies provided them with the knowledge to develop national roadmaps to governments around the world, as well as providing strategic advice to private companies wanting to enter the sector.
CURRENT PROJECT SUPPORT SERVICES
Today, they still provide technology development services and strategy advice for private and public organisations; however, they have also built a team suited to providing project support services, due diligence reviews and feasibility studies.
As leading tidal and wave technologies look to large engineering firms for investment, the company has focused on strategic areas of the technologies that these organisations generally lack.
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT Private project developers are now stepping in to replace the utilities who are steadily withdrawing from the development of projects. These developers require the technical expertise of specialised consultancies to support their project work. The company has recently undertaken multiple projects looking to overcome the complexities associated with deploying infrastructure in aggressive marine environments.
PARTNERSHIPS
IT Power work with a number of partners to complement their own abilities and through these partnerships, are able to offer assistance across all areas of the marine energy sector.
The company’s specialist team is currently working on a number of marine energy projects including optimised vessels; design services; FEED studies; environmental scoping; hydrodynamic and tidal array modelling; mooring and foundations design, as well as lenders and owners engineer for project developers.
As the sector matures, the company aims to continue to provide valuable technical expertise in partnership with other capable organisations to deliver viable marine energy projects.
IT Power
www.wavetidalenergynetwork.co.uk
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