The marine energy industry has been in a state of technological developments recently. Innovations to improve the existing technology we already have are growing by giant strides. The efforts of many companies are being rewarded by various Government organizations which provide financial aid to boost research so that the industry keeps developing forward.
The most recent announcement was made by the Scottish Government which said that a funding of 7.9 million pounds would be given to boost the developments of five marine energy developers. The marine energy market is developing rapidly and keeping that in mind The WATERS program (Water & Tidal Research Development and Demonstration Support) has been released. The Scottish energy market has a potential to benefit their economy by an amount of 4 billion pounds with wave technology.
Here are some new technologies developed by big brand names in the field of marine energy development.
Albatern: WaveNET technology
Based on the technology of modules and associated nodes, this project has been granted 617,000 pounds under the WATERS2 scheme. With adevelopment and testing phase in the period of late 2012 to late 2013, this project is capable of becoming a 10MW energy proposition.
AWS Ocean Energy: AWS-III Wave Energy Converter (WEC)
Awarded with a grant of 3.9 million pounds, this project has a rated power output of 2.5MW. A full prototype plan is planned in 2014. The technology involved is a multi cell array of flexible membranes.
Nautricity:CoRMaT technology
Aimed to reduce the complexity of operations, the CoRMaT can deliver the tidal power without needing big and heavy supporting structures.
Oceanflow Energy: Oceanflow’s ‘Evopod’ tidal technology
The company’s strategy is to build an operating experience with its 35 kW mono turbine and 70 kW twin turbine Evopod units. The technology involves a semi submerged floating body that is tethered to the seabed by a multi-line spread mooring system.
Scotrenewables Tidal Power: SRTT
This technology features two contra rotating rotors that excite that extract the kinetic energy of the tidal flow, which is converted to electricity though a power take-off system.Company’s WATERS project will involve the design, construction and installation at EMEC of a commercial demonstrator SRTT rated up to 2 MW.
Future Growth
The UK has become a world leader in development of marine energy projects. The UK will be home to the first multi MW commercial array project. Tidal energy has been given due acknowledgment and is considered as a significant contributor the energy demand.Tidal power plays an important role in reducing the dependability on other sources like imported fuels.
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