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COMMUNICATION

The Ocean Energy European
Research Area Network
(OCEANERA-NET COFUND)
is a five-year project
coordinated by Scottish Enterprise,
with partner from the Basque
Country, Brittany, Ireland, Pays de la
Loire, Portugal, Spain and Sweden
and part funded by the European
Union under the Horizon 2020
programme.

The Cofund model is designed to UMACK system to be tested alongside CorPower full scale device
combine funding from nation and
regional agencies and the European
Commission, to support collaborative,
cross-border research and
development projects. OCEANERA-
NET COFUND will run two joint calls
for collaborative projects and a range
of events and activities designed to
encourage knowledge exchange and
disseminate project results.

Funding has been announced for SPhorcis – Reshaping eforcis: wave Second Call for Projects to be
eight demonstration projects under energy converter for offshore small launched early 2019:
the first call: power applications – Led by Spanish
company Smalle Technologies. A second joint call for projects will
SEABLADE – systematic evaluation open January 2019. The confirmed
and analysis of blades for a 2mw UMACK – Universal mooring, anchor & funders are Scottish Enterprise,
floating tidal energy converter – Led connectivity kit demonstration – Led Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland,
by Irish company Eire Composites, by Swedish wave energy developer Swedish Energy Agency, Region Pays
working with Scottish tidal developer CorPower Ocean. de la Loire, CDTI (Spain) and FCT
Orbital Marine Power. (Portugal). The call will cover all ocean
WEP+ – WAVE+ Energy Project – energy technologies, components,
TOPFLOTE – Targeted optimal pitch Led by Neureus Technologies from subsystems, materials, grid connection
module for floating tidal energy – Led Spain – operation of the wave energy and power systems, installation,
by Scottish tidal energy developer technology in conjunction with operation and maintenance, resource
Orbital Marine Power. a newly designed energy storage and impact assessment. Outline
system. information is available on the project
RESOURCECODE – Resource website and full call documents will
characterisation to reduce the cost The total grant funding is €7.8 be published in January. The deadline
of energy through coordinated data million; €2.6 million from the EU for proposals will be in April 2019 with
enterprise – Led by the European as co-funding with the national and applicants informed of the decision in
Marine Energy Centre. regional funding organisations. October 2019. l

CF2T – Competitive Foundation for The projects are just getting Contact information
Tidal Turbine – Led by the Brittany- started and over the next three
based tidal company Sabella. years will develop, test and validate Karen Fraser, OCEANERA-NET
new technologies and approaches COFUND Coordinator, Scottish
INNOTEX – Innovative Thermal which will contribute to lowering Enterprise
Exchangers – Led by French company the cost of energy and accelerating karen.fraser@scotent.co.uk
Naval Energies, this project focuses the commercialisation of the https://www.oceancofund.eu
on ocean thermal energy conversion sector.
(OTEC).

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