The contract is the first awarded under the EU’s ‘Call FP7 – Demonstration of innovative full size systems’. As part of the deal, AW-Energy and consortium partners will deploy the first grid-connected WaveRoller unit near the Portuguese town of Peniche. The nominal capacity of the WaveRoller unit is 300kW and the project includes a one-year testing period.
The consortium includes companies from Finland, Portugal, Germany and Belgium. Bosch-Rexroth and ABB, together with renewable energy operator Eneolica and wave energy specialist Wave Energy Center, are also involved in the implementation of the project.
“The experience of our dream team consortium is a significant asset to the project, and we are thrilled about this real pan-European co-operation. AW-Energy has been working hard the last three years with two sea installed prototypes, tank testing and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulations. Now we have the site, grid connection permission, installation license and the technology ready for the demonstration phase,” said John Liljelund, CEO at AW-Energy.
