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Demonstration of a 1-MW wave energy converter integrated in an offshore wind turbine farm — UPWAVE
Acronym
UPWAVE
Code
41M01216
Duration
01 February 2016 → 26 April 2016
Funding
European funding: framework programme
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Water engineering not elsewhere classified
    • Wind engineering
Keywords
wind turbine farm wave energy
Other information
 
Project description
 

The aim is to develop and install a pre-commercial wave energy converter (WEC) of 1MW power, the WAVESTAR C6-1000 device, with main targets the device industrialization and the demonstration of wind and wave energy applications. The utility company Parkwind, which develops, builds and operates wind farms in the North Sea, is committed to the achievement of WAVESTAR's nect development stage. Parkwind provides the installation site with frid connection for the first full-scale WAVESTAR WEC, located within a Belgian offshore wind farm
 
Role of Ghent University
 Ghent University will be responsible for the numerical modelling of farm effects based on numerical and experimental research activities, for the site data collection including data interpretation, and for communication and dissemination of project deliverables and results. The tasks within Ghent University are led by prof. Peter Troch, head of the Department of Civil Engineering, supported by several other departments and groups within Ghent University (o.a. the energy knowledge platform Power-Link).