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WECs need to work in areas where waves are very strong, implying that commissioning and maintaining the device could be challenging and costly. Therefore, increasing the reliability and safety of WEC systems would present a significant operational cost-cutting opportunity.
Wave energy is still at an early stage of development. By using our experience with wind and solar, we can anticipate the opportunities and requirements for integrating wave energy into the electrical grid.
To ensure the successful development and deployment of wave energy converters, it is essential to keep track of several key metrics that provide valuable insights into their performance and efficiency.
Wave Energy Converters (WECs) have undergone significant developments, but they have still not yet reached full commercialisation. If we are to step closer to this goal, we need to obtain more accurate information on which parts of WECs fail and why.
In order to balance renewable energy development with environmental protection, more targeted research is needed on how Wave Energy Converters impact their surrounding environments.
VGA tells us more about who they are, how they got involved in IMPACT, their role in the project, and what excites them about this work.
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.