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Technology Strategy Board Strand 2
The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) launched a new funding round for wave and tidal energy projects on the 8 th of March, encompassing new and novel devices (Strand 2).
Applications in Strand 2 will need to provide up to 8 sides of A4 for additional information, details of which can be found of the TSB website.
Costs incurred for independent validation undertaken between opening of this competition and submission date can be considered eligible costs and included in the costing of the project. For successful projects, TSB will contribute up to 50% of these costing, up to a maximum of £2.5k.
The following information has been submitted by companies that believe they are able to carry out an independent validation as requested by the TSB for Strand 2 submissions.
Name of Company/organisation |
Atkins |
Lead Contact Name |
David Parkin |
Lead Contact Email |
david.parkin@atkinsglobal.com |
Lead Contact Phone Number |
07801 716142 |
Background: Atkins has been involved in wave and tidal stream development for many years. We undertook the Marine Energy Challenge on behalf of Carbon Trust, and are therefore intimately acquainted with the methodology contained therein. At a device level we have used our hydrodynamic and marine engineering skills to provide design support to a wide range of wave and tidal stream devices, including Pelamis, Oyster, Hammerfest Strom, Tidal Energy Limited. We have also developed our own device, the Anaconda. Members of our team have, in the past, been involved in technical assessment of devices for funding applications on behalf of DTI and Sustainable Energy Ireland.
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Name of Company/organisation |
Narec Ltd |
Lead Contact Name |
Dr Jamie Grimwade |
Lead Contact Email |
jamie.grimwade@narec.co.uk |
Lead Contact Phone Number |
01670 357601 |
| A brief summary (300 words) of past experience with completing such studies Jamie Grimwade (HND, B'Eng (hons), MRes, PhD, C'Eng MIMarEST) is a Naval Architecture with 7 years experience of working within the wave and tidal stream renewable sector. He regularly is involved in conducting early stage technology assessments on behalf of invertors as well as more formal due diligence of behalf of VC's considering investment opportunities. Jamie sits of the panel of experts, assessing on behalf of the RDA's, applications into the Grants for Research and Development (G4R&D) fund. Jamie is also the UK expert representing the UK's interests on the IEC 114 62000-1 terminology working group. |
Name of Company/organisation |
Entec UK Ltd |
Lead Contact Name |
Richard Boud |
Lead Contact Email |
boudr@entecuk.co.uk |
Lead Contact Phone Number |
01183 775606 |
| Entec has been involved in assessing numerous marine energy devices for the Carbon Trust and others. We developed the cost of energy methodology now used by the TSB. We have provided advice to investors on marine energy technologies and are familiar with both the device principles and the commercial challenges technology developers face. We also recognise the difficulties in assessing technologies that are at a very early stage of development.
Entec is a respected technical advisor to the Carbon Trust on their Marine Energy Accelerator and Marine Renewables Proving Fund. Our role is to assess the potential of new and establish technologies. Our work helped inform the Future Marine Energy report that demonstrates the Carbon Trust’s vision of the industry future.
Our staff have provided similar technology and economics advice to the European Commission, Department of Trade and Industry, International Energy Agency and the Scottish Executive. Entec also sits on the RenewableUK marine energy steering group. |
Name of Company/organisation |
Garrad Hassan and Partners Ltd |
Lead Contact Name |
Dr Robert Rawlinson-Smith |
Lead Contact Email |
robert.rawlinson-smith@garradhassan.com |
Lead Contact Phone Number |
0117 972 9900 |
| The Marine Renewables group within Garrad Hassan offers a range of consultancy services to wave and tidal energy device and project developers, investors, contractors, financiers and other stakeholders. Our services include wave and tidal resource assessment, design and testing of marine energy devices, project feasibility and front end engineering studies, and technical due diligence. GH Tidal Bladed is available for the modelling and design analysis of tidal current turbines, we are also able to offer hydrodynamic modelling and optimisation of wave energy devices using in-house software, our Operation & Maintenance (O & M) simulation package can be used to plan and analyse the O & M solution. The breadth and depth of the services the Marine group can offer is built upon the knowledge and expertise Garrad Hassan has amassed during the development of the wind industry which has been further strengthened by strategic recruitment of specialists from the wave and tidal energy sectors. There are many aspects of the wind energy industry that are directly or indirectly relevant to the marine energy industry. Garrad Hassan is in a unique position to be able to transfer world-class wind energy expertise into the growing marine energy industry. Garrad Hassan has been involved in numerous studies that have evaluated novel ideas for energy conversion of wind, wave and tidal energy devices. Using a combination of fundamental physical understanding, computational methods and in house cost of energy tools Garrad Hassan is able to offer an independent view on the feasibility of new ideas for the conversion of wave and tidal energy into electricity. |
Name of Company/organisation |
IT Power |
Lead Contact Name |
Jamie O'Nians |
Lead Contact Email |
jamie.o'nians@itpower.co.uk |
Lead Contact Phone Number |
0117 214 0510 |
Summary of past experience with completing such studies:
IT Power (www.itpower.co.uk) offers a comprehensive range of technical services to a broad client base and with its track record provides a unique knowledge and capability in the Ocean Energy sector. IT Power have a detailed understanding of the current state of art of the wave and tidal energy sector and the relevant technical and socio economic parameters required for site selection and successful project development. Our services include:
- Detailed mechanical and electrical engineering design
- R&D (inc numerical and physical modeling)
- Technical and economic analysis
- Site and resource assessment
- Feasibility studies
- Due diligence
IT Power has long-standing expertise in the development of tidal stream and wave energy converters with its earliest projects completed in the early 1990s. IT Power takes the lead in the commercialisation of Ocean Energy systems through innovation and technology incubation. IT Power's excellent track record in marine R&D is unprecedented and it has successfully launched new ocean technologies such as the landmark installation of world's first commercial-scale 'marine current turbine' off the coast of north Devon in 2003 and the Pulse Stream 100 in the Humber Estuary in 2009. IT Power is the technical consultant to the OWEL wave energy converter and we have conducted a series of R&D tests that proved the concept, demonstrated scalability and optimised the design.
IT Power conducts large-scale ocean energy resource assessments, as well as site-specific surveys and modeling; for example, a large-scale project involving Europe-wide study for the European Commission, and a recent study in the channel islands. The project identified potential tidal-stream sites, evaluated the options for exploiting them, and calculated the energy potential of each. |
Contact:
Oliver Wragg, BWEA Wave and Tidal Development Manager
Email: o.wragg@renewable-uk.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7901 3000.
DISCLAIMER - RenewableUK does not take any liability for the information provided by member companies, nor does it guarantee, endorse or verify of the quality of work that these companies undertake. RenewableUK will also state that this is in no way an exhaustive list of all the companies/organisation that can undertake such work, as it is an expression of interest by RenewableUK members. RenewableUK does not take any liability for any of the work undertaken by these companies for project applicants and will not be held accountable in any way. Neither does, or has, RenewableUK entered into any form of commercial partnership with the above listed companies. All partnerships will be entered into with the free will of each party and without influence from RenewableUK.
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