Project

FlanSea: Research and development of a wave energy converter concept suitable for medium wave climate

Acronym

Flansea

Code

179R56A11

Duration

01 September 2010 → 31 December 2013

Funding

Private funding via IWT/VLAIO

Promotor

Lieven Vandevelde

Research disciplines

Engineering and technology
- Electrical energy production and distribution
- Renewable power and energy systems engineering
- Energy generation, conversion and storage engineering not elsewehere classified
- Hydrodynamics
- Composites and hybrid materials not elsewhere classified

Keywords

wave energy converters

Project description

The consortium aims with this project to a real-life laboratory 'concept of a wave energy converter (based on a single-buoy point absorber) to develop full-scale testing and at sea. The concept can be used must be robust in temperate climates wave, and result in an electricity cost that is competitive with other offshore renewable energy sources.