Wello joins consortium for the SafeWAVE project.
Thursday 22 October, 2020
SafeWAVE aims to overcome non-technological barriers to marine renewable energy - specifically develop strategies focused on: Environmental research demonstration Consenting and planning; and Education and public engagement. The project will work to the improve knowledge on the environmental effects and risks of wave energy through the collection, processing, analysis and sharing of environmental data around devices operating at sea and modelling of cumulative impacts of future larger scale deployments.
Wello’s Penguin is soon to make it to the Bay of Biscay to start a round of continuous 2-year deployment and testing period. During this time data from the Penguin and the surrounding ecosystem will be collected and analysed for SafeWAVE. The project also looks at other wave energy technologies and will conduct monitoring similar to that of the Penguin. Though, during the project the Penguin will be the most extensively tested device during its deployment at BiMEP. The acoustics of the device, seabed integrity, EMF and fish communities shall all be monitored during the project.
The goal of the project is to share knowledge and to better inform decision-makers to possible environmental risks, reduce environmental consenting uncertainty, the development of country-specific licensing guidance and suitability maps for wave energy developments for most of the EU countries in the Atlantic Arch. The project will work collaboratively with coastal communities to co-develop and demonstrate a framework for education and public engagement of marine renewable energy.
Wello’s Penguin is soon to make it to the Bay of Biscay to start a round of continuous 2-year deployment and testing period. During this time data from the Penguin and the surrounding ecosystem will be collected and analysed for SafeWAVE. The project also looks at other wave energy technologies and will conduct monitoring similar to that of the Penguin. Though, during the project the Penguin will be the most extensively tested device during its deployment at BiMEP. The acoustics of the device, seabed integrity, EMF and fish communities shall all be monitored during the project.
The goal of the project is to share knowledge and to better inform decision-makers to possible environmental risks, reduce environmental consenting uncertainty, the development of country-specific licensing guidance and suitability maps for wave energy developments for most of the EU countries in the Atlantic Arch. The project will work collaboratively with coastal communities to co-develop and demonstrate a framework for education and public engagement of marine renewable energy.
