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Left to right: Kevin Leyne, Donal Murray, Pal Schmitt, Milo Feinberg, Paddy Cronin, James Donegan
Founded in 2015 and located in Dublin, ORPC Ireland, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ocean Renewable Power Company, has been hard at work on a number of fronts in the first two-and-a-half years of its operation
In 2015 the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), through its Ocean Energy Prototype Development Fund, selected ORPC Ireland for a County Donegal tidal energy feasibility assessment. ORPC Ireland reviewed resource data and grid accessibility, identified marine users and conducted community engagement activities.
IDEALLY POSITIONED County Donegal’s strong marine services industry and leading technical education hubs make it ideally positioned to become an exporter of marine energy equipment. Opportunities exist for Donegal to develop niche markets within the tidal energy industry and the County will most certainly play an important role in the future of offshore renewable energy in Ireland.
SEAI’s professional and strong financial support of this project are indicative of their commitment to offshore renewable
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energy and Ireland’s future energy mix and economy. ORPC Ireland hopes to continue its strong relationship with SEAI through future projects.
EU Horizon 2020 funded project Now comprising a team of four engineers led by Director of European Operations, James Donegan, ORPC Ireland is beginning the second year of an EU Horizon 2020 funded project, entitled “Technology Advancement of Ocean Energy Devices through Innovative Development of Electrical Systems to Increase Performance and Reliability” or “TAOIDE,” for which it is the technical lead.
The project’s goal is to radically improve system reliability by developing a more robust power transfer system from prime mover to electric grid, specifically, a direct drive permanent magnet generator capable of operating in a fully flooded condition. University College
Cork (UCC) is project coordinator and the strong consortium includes Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft of Germany and SKF (UK) Limited.
TESTING
In 2018, testing of mechanical components of the subsystem’s driveline will occur at UCC’s Lir National Ocean Test Facility, which houses state of the art electrical power take-off rigs. In 2019 full scale lab testing of the wet-gap generator and associated electrical power take off components at UCC’s test facility will conclude the project.
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