One of the world鈥檚 leading marine renewable energy companies has provided industry representatives, academics and students at 草霉视频 University with a priceless insight into its commercial journey.
Australian-based Carnegie Wave Energy (ASX: CWE) took time out from conducting an exhaustive array of tests on their CETO 6 device in the University鈥檚 Marine Building to discuss issues around research and development, and commercialisation.
The company鈥檚 UK CEO, Tim Sawyer, and its Senior Hydrodynamics Engineer, Dr Ashkan Rafiee, also facilitated a demonstration of its cutting edge wave energy device, which differs from its competitors by operating underwater.
Tim said:
鈥淭hese tests are aimed at evaluating and informing the design of our CETO 6 technology ahead of larger scale work in open water environments. We鈥檙e in the process of conducting more than 340 separate tests, putting the technology through a range of different simulated operational and extreme sea states.鈥
At a seminar on Thursday, Tim addressed an audience that included members of the Partnership for Research in Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE), and masters students on 草霉视频鈥檚 marine renewable energy postgraduate degree, with a session entitled 鈥楢 Wave Developer鈥檚 Pathway to Commercialisation鈥, in which he outlined the development of CWE.
Stuart Herbert, the Commercial Director of Wave Hub, picked up on that theme as he provided his insight into some of the key issues in the sector 鈥 and the South West鈥檚 place within it.
After further sessions with 草霉视频 academics Professor Deborah Greaves and Dr Daniel Conley, the CETO 6 device was introduced and demonstrated by Dr Ashkan Rafiee, in the Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport Laboratory (COAST) of the Marine Building.
Professor Greaves, Director of the COAST Lab, said:
鈥淲e are delighted to be hosting and working with Carnegie Wave Energy on such a comprehensive testing programme and to be discussing opportunities for further collaboration. Their visit has also enabled us to bring together industry representatives, academics and students for discussion and exploration of key issues in the sector 鈥 and thanks to Carnegie, we have gained a valuable insight into their remarkable commercial journey.鈥
鈥淲orking with academics at specialist facilities such as COAST is an important part of our strategic approach to developing our CETO technology,鈥 added Tim. 鈥淎nd it was great that we were able to include these postgraduate students in these discussions because many will go on to build their careers in our sector.鈥
CWE is the latest organisation to make use of the University鈥檚 COAST Lab, which provides physical model testing with combined waves, currents and wind, offered at scales appropriate for device testing, array testing, environmental modelling and coastal engineering.
