Consultancy and service provision
Provision of consultancy on all aspects of design and operation of marine test centres
- Business planning and cost analysis for future test centres
- Design, development, set up and management of test centre delivery
- Data collection for site selection including surveys, environmental scoping, consenting issues support and data collection methodologies
- Cabling and electrical design, purchasing and management
- Infrastructure installation and deployment methodologies
- Test site operational management, procedures and protocols
We provide consultancy services to the Ocean University of China giving advice on how to set up and operate a wave test site in the Shandong Province, and to the Ocean Energy Association of Japan who are looking to develop a Japanese Marine Energy Centre. We have also formed a strategic alliance with The Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE), with the two companies working together to stimulate the development of a global marine renewables industry.
Provision of wave and tidal device testing out with our test centre
We operate within a UKAS accredited integrated management system and can offer:
- Independent assessment and validation of devices’ energy conversion capabilities, input/output validation
- Independent verification of marine conditions
- Test management and liaison with UKAS for certification of off-site testing
Data gathering and provision
- Marine resource surveys
- Underwater acoustic surveys
- Raw wave and meteorological data from Billia Croo (over five years)
- Raw tidal stream and meteorological data from the Fall of Warness (20 plus ADCP surveys)
- Modelled data from Mike 21 Model for Pentland Firth and Orkney waters
Equipment, component or methodology testing
- Utilisation of our sites for testing the operational effectiveness of specific equipment or components in real sea environments
- Development of unique methodologies using experience of challenging environmental characteristics at our sites
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