FEATURE SPONSOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT
AND INNOVATION CENTRE MaREI is a research, development and innovation centre, supported by Science Foundation Ireland, that operates across the fields of marine research, marine renewable energy, and renewable energy
FOCUS ON IRELAND
ROBUST, RELIABLE, SECURE WAVE DATA
The Centre’s activities are motivated by the need to address global challenges such as blue growth, climate action, and the energy transition, resulting in the development of a dynamic research ecosystem that is responsive to the needs of academia, industry, government and society.
STRENGTHS MaREI’s strengths lie in the multi-disciplinary nature of its research teams, allowing it to combine insights across areas such as Marine Renewable Energy Technologies, Materials & Structures, Observation & Operations, Coastal & Marine Systems, Bioenergy, Energy Policy & Modelling and Renewable Energy Management. As a driver of collaboration, the Centre comprises over 200 world-class researchers who are collaborating with stakeholders located across more than 36 countries and who have a proven track-record in academic excellence, consistently publishing in high-impact journals and participating in major EU and international initiatives.
TARGETED RESEARCH AND NOVEL CONSULTING SERVICES In addition to fundamental scientific research, the Centre provides targeted research and novel consulting services to a wide range of companies, including over 48 active industry partners, which has established it as a preferred research and development partner for both academia and industry worldwide.
In doing so, the centre seeks to maintain the forward momentum of the MRE sector through the development of technologies, tools and processes that will accelerate the progress of wave & tidal energy devices towards open-sea deployment and commercialisation.
WORLD-CLASS INFRASTRUCTURE MaREI also offers unique world-class infrastructure and testing facilities that allow the systematic identification and reduction of development risks through a structured ‘Technology Readiness Level’ (TRL) development cycle. These include: the Lir National Ocean Test Facility (Lir-NOTF); Limerick Docks tidal tow-testing facility; Structural Research Laboratory; Coastal Observing Radar System; and Mace Head Atmospheric Research Station, amongst others.
MaREI WEBSITE WEBSITE
www.wavetidalenergynetwork.co.uk 33
TechWorks Marine are about to release their global wave database, which consists of a 20-year hindcast on three grids – Global, European and Western UK & Ireland
This database which was partially funded through the SEAI, Ocean Prototype fund, will provide wave energy site developers with access to all required wave information recommended by the IEC TC114 Marine Energy Wave Resource Assessment Technical Standard.
As part of this development TechWorks Marine is now able to offers its clients the ‘Mesh grid’ software tool it has developed. This enables the nesting of very high resolution models using the global database as input at the boundaries.
GLOBAL DATABASE This Global Wave Database compliments the existing product offering, notably the extensive resource assessment expertise the company has developed in Tidal & Wave energy test site resource assessment over the last decade. The company has been delivering robust resource assessment datasets for the past decade. The tried and tested methodologies ensure clients get the best possible data to characterise their sites of interest and in recent years this data has also been used to assist in device development.
FUTURE AIMS
With over 50 successful ADCP deployments on Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) sites already, the company will be expanding this activity in the years to come aiming to provide clients with a one-stop shop for their environmental data requirements.
Their team is actively involved in the IEC TC114 committee in Ireland, primarily in wave & tidal resource assessments and acoustics. An extensive pool of equipment enables their team of engineers to mobilise at short notice to most MRE sites in Europe with future plans to service sites in the Far East.
TechWorks Marine Ltd
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