FP7 EU funded CORES wave energy project: a coordinators' perspective on the Galway Bay sea trials

Raymond Alcorn (1) , Anne Blavette (1) , Mark Healy (1) , Anthony Lewis (1)

1 UCC - University College Cork

The present paper gives an overview of the lessons learnt from the project called Components for Ocean Renewable Energy Systems (CORES). In the context of this European funded 7 th Framework Programme research project, new components and systems for ocean energy devices were developed and trialed. The present paper also details the work packages, major achievements, significant impacts, summary results and the outcomes of the sea trials.

Keywords: wave energy; ocean; CORES; FP7; demonstration

Domains: Engineering Sciences [physics]; Electric power

Raymond Alcorn, Anne Blavette, Mark Healy, Anthony Lewis. FP7 EU funded CORES wave energy project: a coordinators' perspective on the Galway Bay sea trials. Underwater Technology, 2014, ⟨10.3723/ut.32.051⟩. ⟨hal-01266011⟩