EuropeWave’s Innovative Wave Energy Tender Opens

The EuropeWave project is inviting wave energy developers to apply for funding via its innovative pre-commercial procurement (PCP) program. The five-year collaborative program opened its competitive call for tenders today, which will see several wave energy projects selected for the first stage of ‘concept development’.
 


The call will be open until October 1, 2021. A free-of-charge webinar will be held on July 13, to provide potential applicants with full details of the call requirements, eligibility conditions and evaluation criteria. An online brokerage tool is also available until July 20, to facilitation consortia building.
 


2 EuropeWaveThe three-stage process will award R&D service contracts to companies or consortia who are involved in the development of wave energy converters (WECs) and their components. After each stage is completed, the best of the competing solutions will be selected from within the group to progress to the following phase.
 


Concepts will be assessed according to strict technical and economic performance metrics, and the best performers will be demonstrated in Basque and Scottish open waters at the end of the program. The program will focus on the design, development, and demonstration of cost-effective wave energy converter (WEC) systems for electrical power production that can survive in the harsh and unpredictable ocean environment.
 


EuropeWave is a partnership between Wave Energy Scotland (WES), the Basque Energy Agency (EVE) and Ocean Energy Europe. The project will provide almost €20 million to procure the most promising wave energy technologies from across Europe and beyond. Its PCP model provides a structured approach, fostering greater openness, collaboration and sharing of risk between the public sector and technology developers.
 


Tim Hurst of Wave Energy Scotland (WES), the organization who first pioneered the PCP approach for wave energy, said: “Today is an important step for the wave energy sector. EuropeWave is designed to pick out the technological frontrunners and propel them – and the sector as a whole – towards commercialization. We are excited to take this highly successful procurement model and scale it up via a transnational project across Europe.”
 


More information about the tender and a link to the applicant portal can be found on the EuropeWave website

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