Ocean energy testing facilities

Image: EMEC/Colin Keldie

Speakers

Fiona Devoy McAuliffe, UCC
Giacomo Alessandri, VGA
Eileen Linklater, EMEC

Innovation in the ocean energy sector requires extensive testing of components and devices, in both onshore labs and test rigs as well as at-sea testing facilities. Comprehensive onshore and offshore testing enables the validation of technologies and reduces the risk of costly failures. Maintaining and upgrading these test facilities as the sector progresses towards pilot and pre-commercial farms is therefore crucial.

In this webinar, some of the leading ocean energy testing facilities discuss how they are evolving as the sector develops, what is needed for more efficient test campaigns, and how standardisation of testing and assessment procedures for ocean energy can help the sector forward.