SUCCESSFUL TESTING OPERATIONS IN ORKNEY CONCLUDED
REAC Energy GmbH ‘StreamCube’ tidal energy device testing project was successfully tested, validated and pre-certified a range of velocities and angle flows for their tidal energy solution, before progressing towards commercialisation
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Ghent University has been involved in wave and tidal energy research for over a decade e.g. in the EU framework (e.g. SEEWEC project), the national (e.g. BOREAS project) and the WES (e.g. PST-WEC project) programme. Today we are pleased to announce the construction of a coastal and ocean basin – to be operational as of 2019- of 30x30x1,4m³ with full control over the waves and currents (and wind) in various directions.
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The data obtained during the testing programme will be fed into the final design of the full-scale prototype generation device.
OFFSHORE SUPPORT
The Leask Marine team were contracted by REAC Energy to provide offshore support for the tow testing of the StreamCube device; with Leask Marine fabricating a bespoke testing frame for the trials that were fitted to the multicat vessel the MV C-Odyssey.
Dr.-Ing. Tobias Breitbach, Technical Director of REAC Energy GmbH commented: “Our successful testing operations in Orkney has been a further important learning exercise in de-risking and improving the device to provide a cost efficient tidal energy solution to the market.
“We were very happy to select Leask Marine as our marine partners as it was clear from the very start that their depth of knowledge and expertise would assist the engineering project to a productive outcome and allow us a cost -effective platform for trials in Orkney.”
GLOBAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
Douglas Leask, Managing Director of Leask Marine added: “This is further recognition how Orkney has become the World’s centre of excellence for developers wishing to test and trial their devices before bringing to market. The Leask Marine team were particularly pleased to have been selected by REAC Energy GmbH to work on their StreamCube marine operations and assist them to complete a complex range of testing criteria in a very short space of time.”
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As of 2019 access to the coastal and ocean basin
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