IMPACT is a collaborative research and innovation project which aims to develop and demonstrate a next-generation testing approach for Wave Energy Converters (WECs).
The proposed 250kW Dual Hardware-In-the-Loop (DHIL) testing platform is based on a technology which expands the capabilities of the already established Hardware-In-the-Loop technique.
IMPACT features five project partners from four European countries. The project is coordinated by VGA, Srl (Italy), with the following project partners: Yavin Four Consultants (Portugal), SINTEF Energy Research (Norway), SINTEF Ocean (Norway) and University College Cork (Ireland).
Titled ‘EU Clean Energy Transition: Perspectives and Challenges for Energy Storage,’ the workshop was jointly organised by StoRIES, Joint Programme for Energy Storage (EERA) and SUPEERA project.
Before new equipment, loads or generators are allowed to connect to an electrical grid, the grid operators of high, medium and low voltage grids will implement a set of requirements that must be met.
Each modelling approach carries its own hypothesis and limitations – leading to modelling uncertainty. IMPACT aims to tackle some of these challenges.
The IMPACT project website acts as a central hub for all external project communication activities and assists with the dissemination and exploitation measures.