Finnish company, AW-Energy Oy (AWE), the global leading wave energy technology company and developer of WaveRoller®, has received the EU Seal of Excellence award from Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation funding programme. It follows the company’s project submission to the EU’s EIC Accelerator programme.
AW-Energy Oy, a leader in near-shore wave energy, has today received its certification by Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its WaveRoller® device. It has been awarded following previous certifications by LR through the Technology Qualification certificate process laid out in DNV-OSS-312 Certification of Tidal and Wave Energy Converters.
AW-Energy Oy, the world-leading Finnish wave energy technology developer, today announced that the European Patent Office (EPO) recently granted new patents protecting the use of WaveRoller® in 38 countries across Europe – the device used to harness energy that can be extracted from wave power.
Portugal takes a step closer to commercial wave energy using the technical capability of AW-Energy’s WaveRoller® to power up electricity for local homes. The first-of-a-kind commercially-ready offshore wave power generation device has been deployed and is being commissioned offshore at Peniche, a seaside municipality in Portugal.
AW-Energy Oy, the world-leading Finnish wave energy technology developer, has taken another major step towards commercialising its WaveRoller® device. Today it announced the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued an “approval” for AW-Energy’s patent application covering its WaveRoller® technology.
New technology includes higher energy output, compact size and simple installation that connects the WaveRoller device to the grid based upon Abengoa design specifications.
AW-Energy has secured additional funding from the MaRINET2 program to continue tank tests with a second collaboration project with Queen’s University Belfast.
The 3-year MegaRoller project concentrates on developing a Power Take-Off unit for a 1MW device.
Increased understanding of loads endured by the WaveRoller solution finds scope for optimization.
A new substation for SURGE2 is being built at the WaveRoller site in Peniche, Portugal.