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CEFOW: Clean energy from waves
The CEFOW large-scale pilot project demonstrates clean energy from ocean waves, integrating research and product innovations with business and partners along the value chain.
€24.5 m
budget
5
years
9
partners
Key numbers
About the project
Current clean energy wave solutions have a high cost and short life-span. To date only feasibility of power generation with single device deployments and MW-scale performance has been demonstrated. The CEFOW project aims to be the first project to grid connect an array of wave devices in the UK and to create an efficient supply chain to support larger wave power projects in the future.
Impact of the project:
The project aims to improve the amount and reliability of wave energy that can be converted to electricity using a type of converter called a "Penguin". By testing several of these multi-devices together in rough sea conditions at European Marine Energy Centre (UK), the aim is to reduce the levelised cost of the of ocean energy by 30%.
Funding instrument Horizon 2020 for competitive low-carbon energy
Spinverse’s role
Spinverse coached to understand the requirements and processes of Horizon 2020 funding and helped the project partners prepare the project plan.
This was the only ocean energy project that got financed from all ocean energy project submissions, with a €17 million in funding.
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