Since 2014, Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has run a competitive wave energy technology programme funded by £50 million from the Scottish Government.
The programme has involved over 300 organisations from industry and academia and delivered 132 R&D projects that developed wave devices, sub-systems, and components. During 2021-2022, two half physical scale wave energy converters (WECs), developed by Mocean Energy and AWS Ocean Energy were tested in real sea conditions in Orkney, and demonstrated they have the capability, performance, and reliability to play a significant role in a net-zero future.
Whilst delivering these proof of concept technologies, WES has been leading investigation on the potential synergies between floating offshore wind structures and wave energy integration. Part of this work involved commissioning a technoeconomic study into offshore wind and wave site and infrastructure sharing scenarios.
The study was carried out by Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd; across various sharing scenarios, the headline figures see a potential Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) saving of up to 7% for wind developers, almost 40% for wave developers or a saving of up to 12% for a combined wind and wave energy farm. Analysis demonstrates that most savings could be achieved through co-location and simple asset sharing, without the requirements for full integration on hybrid platforms and the associated uncertainty for developers.
With the understanding of these co-location findings, WES intends to build constructive engagement between the wave and wind energy sectors and along with other stakeholders, develop a roadmap for exploitation of this potentially significant opportunity for Scotland.
waveenergyscotland.co.uk
Since 2014, Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has run a competitive wave energy technology programme funded by £50 million from the Scottish Government.
The programme has involved over 300 organisations from industry and academia and delivered 132 R&D projects that developed wave devices, sub-systems, and components. During 2021-2022, two half physical scale wave energy converters (WECs), developed by Mocean Energy and AWS Ocean Energy were tested in real sea conditions in Orkney, and demonstrated they have the capability, performance, and reliability to play a significant role in a net-zero future.
Whilst delivering these proof of concept technologies, WES has been leading investigation on the potential synergies between floating offshore wind structures and wave energy integration. Part of this work involved commissioning a technoeconomic study into offshore wind and wave site and infrastructure sharing scenarios.
The study was carried out by Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd; across various sharing scenarios, the headline figures see a potential Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) saving of up to 7% for wind developers, almost 40% for wave developers or a saving of up to 12% for a combined wind and wave energy farm. Analysis demonstrates that most savings could be achieved through co-location and simple asset sharing, without the requirements for full integration on hybrid platforms and the associated uncertainty for developers.
With the understanding of these co-location findings, WES intends to build constructive engagement between the wave and wind energy sectors and along with other stakeholders, develop a roadmap for exploitation of this potentially significant opportunity for Scotland.
waveenergyscotland.co.uk
Since 2014, Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has run a competitive wave energy technology programme funded by £50 million from the Scottish Government.
The programme has involved over 300 organisations from industry and academia and delivered 132 R&D projects that developed wave devices, sub-systems, and components. During 2021-2022, two half physical scale wave energy converters (WECs), developed by Mocean Energy and AWS Ocean Energy were tested in real sea conditions in Orkney, and demonstrated they have the capability, performance, and reliability to play a significant role in a net-zero future.
Whilst delivering these proof of concept technologies, WES has been leading investigation on the potential synergies between floating offshore wind structures and wave energy integration. Part of this work involved commissioning a technoeconomic study into offshore wind and wave site and infrastructure sharing scenarios.
The study was carried out by Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd; across various sharing scenarios, the headline figures see a potential Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) saving of up to 7% for wind developers, almost 40% for wave developers or a saving of up to 12% for a combined wind and wave energy farm. Analysis demonstrates that most savings could be achieved through co-location and simple asset sharing, without the requirements for full integration on hybrid platforms and the associated uncertainty for developers.
With the understanding of these co-location findings, WES intends to build constructive engagement between the wave and wind energy sectors and along with other stakeholders, develop a roadmap for exploitation of this potentially significant opportunity for Scotland.
waveenergyscotland.co.uk
Since 2014, Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has run a competitive wave energy technology programme funded by £50 million from the Scottish Government.
The programme has involved over 300 organisations from industry and academia and delivered 132 R&D projects that developed wave devices, sub-systems, and components. During 2021-2022, two half physical scale wave energy converters (WECs), developed by Mocean Energy and AWS Ocean Energy were tested in real sea conditions in Orkney, and demonstrated they have the capability, performance, and reliability to play a significant role in a net-zero future.
Whilst delivering these proof of concept technologies, WES has been leading investigation on the potential synergies between floating offshore wind structures and wave energy integration. Part of this work involved commissioning a technoeconomic study into offshore wind and wave site and infrastructure sharing scenarios.
The study was carried out by Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd; across various sharing scenarios, the headline figures see a potential Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) saving of up to 7% for wind developers, almost 40% for wave developers or a saving of up to 12% for a combined wind and wave energy farm. Analysis demonstrates that most savings could be achieved through co-location and simple asset sharing, without the requirements for full integration on hybrid platforms and the associated uncertainty for developers.
With the understanding of these co-location findings, WES intends to build constructive engagement between the wave and wind energy sectors and along with other stakeholders, develop a roadmap for exploitation of this potentially significant opportunity for Scotland.
waveenergyscotland.co.uk
Since 2014, Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has run a competitive wave energy technology programme funded by £50 million from the Scottish Government.
The programme has involved over 300 organisations from industry and academia and delivered 132 R&D projects that developed wave devices, sub-systems, and components. During 2021-2022, two half physical scale wave energy converters (WECs), developed by Mocean Energy and AWS Ocean Energy were tested in real sea conditions in Orkney, and demonstrated they have the capability, performance, and reliability to play a significant role in a net-zero future.
Whilst delivering these proof of concept technologies, WES has been leading investigation on the potential synergies between floating offshore wind structures and wave energy integration. Part of this work involved commissioning a technoeconomic study into offshore wind and wave site and infrastructure sharing scenarios.
The study was carried out by Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd; across various sharing scenarios, the headline figures see a potential Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) saving of up to 7% for wind developers, almost 40% for wave developers or a saving of up to 12% for a combined wind and wave energy farm. Analysis demonstrates that most savings could be achieved through co-location and simple asset sharing, without the requirements for full integration on hybrid platforms and the associated uncertainty for developers.
With the understanding of these co-location findings, WES intends to build constructive engagement between the wave and wind energy sectors and along with other stakeholders, develop a roadmap for exploitation of this potentially significant opportunity for Scotland.
waveenergyscotland.co.uk
Since 2014, Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has run a competitive wave energy technology programme funded by £50 million from the Scottish Government.
The programme has involved over 300 organisations from industry and academia and delivered 132 R&D projects that developed wave devices, sub-systems, and components. During 2021-2022, two half physical scale wave energy converters (WECs), developed by Mocean Energy and AWS Ocean Energy were tested in real sea conditions in Orkney, and demonstrated they have the capability, performance, and reliability to play a significant role in a net-zero future.
Whilst delivering these proof of concept technologies, WES has been leading investigation on the potential synergies between floating offshore wind structures and wave energy integration. Part of this work involved commissioning a technoeconomic study into offshore wind and wave site and infrastructure sharing scenarios.
The study was carried out by Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd; across various sharing scenarios, the headline figures see a potential Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) saving of up to 7% for wind developers, almost 40% for wave developers or a saving of up to 12% for a combined wind and wave energy farm. Analysis demonstrates that most savings could be achieved through co-location and simple asset sharing, without the requirements for full integration on hybrid platforms and the associated uncertainty for developers.
With the understanding of these co-location findings, WES intends to build constructive engagement between the wave and wind energy sectors and along with other stakeholders, develop a roadmap for exploitation of this potentially significant opportunity for Scotland.
waveenergyscotland.co.uk
