EuropeWave invites applications for wave energy converter project in Basque county

EuropeWave PCP in Scotland, UK has launched a request for tender seeking proposals for EuropeWave pre-commercial procurement (PCP). The EuropeWave PCP aims to accelerate the design, development, and demonstration of cost-effective wave energy converter (WEC) systems to produce clean electricity, advance promising designs for wave energy converter systems to a point from which they are ready to proceed to a first of a kind commercial-scale design and testing program and commercial exploitation through other national/regional programs and/or private sector investment.

The main technical challenges to be addressed may be expressed in terms of:

• Performance – obtain quantitative evidence of power capture and conversion capability and increase confidence in yield predictions from simulations.
•  Survivability – demonstrate effective survival strategies.
• Availability – demonstrate levels of availability through reliable prototype operation.
•  Affordability – increase confidence in estimations of the technology costs (capital and operational) and the requirements to achieve a LCOE that is competitive in the target market.

The Project investment is expected to be EUR16.33 million (USD19.28 million). The duration of the contract, framework agreement is 53 months (4 years & 5 months).

The deadline to submit the proposals is October 01, 2021. For more information about this tender, visit our business opportunity page here.