Project description
Preparing for the commercial development of wave energy
Oceans represent a significant, predictable resource for renewable energy. The main forms of ocean energy are waves, tides, marine currents, salinity gradient and temperature gradient. While wave and tidal energy are the most mature technologies, the commercially viable extraction of energy from ocean waves has yet to be achieved. The EU-funded LiftWEC project focuses on the development of LiftWEC, a novel type of wave energy converter. Specifically, it will develop a new concept based on the exploitation of lift forces generated by wave-induced water velocities. Current concepts need to couple through diffraction or buoyancy forces, but this new approach will use lift forces (as opposed to the traditional buoyancy). In addition, the LiftWEC concept has the advantage that the motion can be unidirectional, which significantly simplifies the extraction of energy.
Fields of science
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-LC-SC3-2019-RES-TwoStages
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
BT7 1NN Belfast
United Kingdom
Participants (9)
21073 Hamburg
W23 Maynooth
44321 Nantes
9220 Aalborg
T12 YN60 Cork
44321 Nantes Cedex 3
1360 Copenhagen
1350-352 Lisboa
G1 1XQ Glasgow