# List of projects funded by Wave Energy Scotland

This page lists the projects funded by Wave Energy Scotland. These calls have been organised into six topics, mostly with three stages (1-3).
* Power Take-Off (PTO)
* Novel Wave Energy Converter (NWEC)
* Structural Materials and Manufacturing Processes (SMMP)
* Control Systems (CS)
* Quick Connection Systems (QCS)
* Direct Generation (DG)
Note that the projects listed below are listed by the date awarded then alphabetically, not in any order of priority.
| Date | Call | Project name | Project partners | Contract value | Status |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 1 | Advanced Hydraulic-electric Power Take Off (AHPTO) | Nova Innovation, Aquamarine Power, Siemens | £89,929 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 1 | Direct contact dielectric elastomer PTO for submerged wave energy converters | Scuola Superiore di Studi Uniersitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna (SSSA), University of Edinburgh, Universita di Bologna | £96,000 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 1 | Edinburgh Designs Adaptive Power Take Off (EDAPTO) | Edinburgh Designs | £78,090 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 1 | New Electric Automotive Power Extraction Device (NEAPED) | Marine Design International (MDI), 4c Design | £79,400 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 1 | Power Electronic Controlled Magnet Gear (PECMAG) | Ecosse Subsea Systems, Bathwick Electrical Design Ltd, Pure Marine Ltd, Supply Design Ltd. | £100,000 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 1 | Power Sharing Transmission based Bi-directional to Uni-directional PTO (PST-PTO) | Cofely Fabricom, Ghent University | £99,990 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 1 | Survivable and Efficient OLeo-hydraulic assisted power TAke-off (SEÒLTA) | TECNALIA Research & Innovation, OCEANTEC Energías Marinas S.L. | £87,271 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 1 | Wave Energy Transmission Module | Romax Technology Ltd, Sea Power Ltd, Limerick Wave & Pure Marine Gen | £100,000 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 1 | 'WEC-Direct' - The application of a direct drive, contra-rotating generator to wave energy converters | Energy Systems Research Unit University of Strathclyde, Nautricity Ltd | £99,128 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 2 (direct) | C-GEN Direct Drive PTO | University of Edinburgh, University of Strathclyde, NGenTec Ltd, Fountain Design Ltd. | £467,785 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 2 (direct) | Hybrid Digital Displacement® hydraulic PTO for wave energy | Artemis Intelligent Power Ltd., Quoceant Ltd. | £499,997 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 2 (direct) | ReBaS Generator (Reciprocating Ball Screw Generator) | UMBRA Cuscinetti S.p.A., Hebrides Marine Services Ltd, SEAPOWER scrl [Consortium with University of Naples Federico II] | £440,348 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 2 (direct) | Blue Power Take Off | Blue Power Energy Ltd., Energy Technology Centre Ltd. | £306,530 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 2 (direct) | Concept Optimisation of a Variable Damping Linear Power Take Off | Oscilla Power Ltd., Oscilla Power, Inc. (USA), EMEC (UK) | £499,998 | |
| 30 Jul 2015 | PTO Stage 3 (direct) | HiDrive - A direct drive PTO for resonant Wave Energy Converters | CorPower Ocean, Iberdrola Engineer & Construction, EMEC & University of Edinburgh | £1,893,461 | |
| 2 Nov 2015 | NWEC Stage 1 | Attenuator Cost of Energy Reduction (ACER) | 4C Engineering, Sea Power Ltd | £300,000 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 2 Nov 2015 | NWEC Stage 1 | WaveTrain Sloped Pneumatic WEC | Joules Energy Efficiency Services Ltd | £291,039 | |
| 2 Nov 2015 | NWEC Stage 1 | WaveNET Series 12 | Albatern Ltd | £259,867 | |
| 2 Nov 2015 | NWEC Stage 1 | Mocean Wave Energy Converter | Mocean Energy Ltd, The University of Edinburgh | £299,491 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 2 Nov 2015 | NWEC Stage 1 | CCell Mark 3 – Novel Curved WEC Optimisation | Zyba Limited, The University of Bath | £252,024.88 | |
| 2 Nov 2015 | NWEC Stage 1 | AISV - Automatically Inflatable and Stowable Volume for step reduction in WEC cost of energy | Quoceant Ltd | £300,000 | |
| 2 Nov 2015 | NWEC Stage 1 | Anaconda Novel Wave Energy Converter | Checkmate Seaenergy Ltd | £271,012 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 2 Nov 2015 | NWEC Stage 1 | Advanced Archimedes Waveswing | AWS Ocean Energy Ltd | £284,853 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 21 Sep 2016 | PTO Stage 2 | Wave Energy Transmission Module | Romax Technology Limited, Sea Power Limited and FloWave TT | £496,200 | |
| 21 Sep 2016 | PTO Stage 2 | Power Electronic Controlled Magnet Gear (PECMAG) | Ecosse Sub-sea Systems Ltd, Supply Design Ltd Bathwick Electrical Design Ltd, Pure Marine Gen Ltd | £498,420 | |
| 21 Sep 2016 | PTO Stage 2 | Inflatable Dielectric Elastomer Generator – PTO | Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant’Anna, University of Edinburgh, Università di Bologna, and Cheros Srl | £498,000 | |
| 21 Sep 2016 | PTO Stage 2 | GATOR Stage 2 - a compliant seal free hydraulic PTO | Exceedence Ltd, Technology from Ideas Ltd, Pelagic Innovation Ltd, University of Strathclyde, and University College Cork | £495,000 | |
| 10 Jan 2017 | SMMP Stage 1 | Hydrocomp | CorPower Ocean, Balmoral Offshore Engineering, Wave Venture | £248,600 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 10 Jan 2017 | SMMP Stage 1 | Reinforced polymers for Wave EneRgy | Cruz Acheson Consulting Engineers Lda, Carnegie Wave Energy, CorPower Ocean, Arup Consulting Engineers, DNV-GL, National Composites Centre | £249,614 | |
| 10 Jan 2017 | SMMP Stage 1 | Advanced Rotational Moulding for Ocean Renewables (ARMOR) | Haydale Composite Solutions Ltd, Crompton Moulding Ltd., Wave Venture, Carbon Trust | £249,762 | |
| 10 Jan 2017 | SMMP Stage 1 | Concrete as a Technology Enabler (CREATE) | Ove Arup & Partners, Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers, MPA: The Concrete Centre, MPA British precast, SeaPower Ltd., Wello OY | £250,000 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 10 Jan 2017 | SMMP Stage 1 | Advanced Rotational Moulding for Wave Energy Technologies (ARMWET) | Polygen Ltd., Wave Venture, Rototek Ltd. | £209,000 | |
| 10 Jan 2017 | SMMP Stage 1 | Advanced Concrete Engineering - WEC (ACE-WEC) | Quoceant Ltd., University of Dundee, Black and Veatch, Innosea, David Kerr | £245,231 | |
| 10 Jan 2017 | SMMP Stage 1 | Polyshell | Technology from Ideas ltd., DuPont, Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers, Radius Systems | £244,500 | |
| 10 Jan 2017 | SMMP Stage 1 | Netbuoy | Tension Technology International Ltd., Black and Veatch Ltd., Optimus ( Abderdeen) Ltd., Quoceant Ltd. | £245,300 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 10 Jan 2017 | SMMP Stage 1 | ELASTO ( A feasibility Study on Elastomeric-based WECs. | University of Edinburgh, University of Plymouth, Griffon Hoverwork | £244,714 | |
| 10 Jan 2017 | SMMP Stage 1 | Rotational Moulding of Polymers, Composites and Hybrid WEC Structures | University of Edinburgh, Queens University Belfast, Pelagic Innovation, CETO UK, Eire Composites, Kingspan Environmental | £250,000 | |
| 27 Apr 2017 | NWEC Stage 2 | ACER2 | 4c Engineering | £659,515.80 | |
| 27 Apr 2017 | NWEC Stage 2 | Improved Archimedes Waveswing™ | AWS Ocean Energy Ltd | £721,265 | Progressed to Stage 3 |
| 27 Apr 2017 | NWEC Stage 2 | Anaconda Novel Wave Energy Converter Stage 2 | Checkmate Seaenergy Ltd | £727,135 | |
| 27 Apr 2017 | NWEC Stage 2 | Mocean WEC: Next-Level Hydrodynamics and Engineering | Mocean Energy Ltd | £729,948 | Progressed to Stage 3 |
| 13 Sep 2017 | CS Stage 1 | SURF-MATIC | Wave Venture, Mocean Energy Ltd., Altran Ltd., CorPower Ocean AB | £48,860 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | CS Stage 1 | Predictability Bounded Control of the Mocean WEC | Mocean Energy Ltd., University of Bath | £34,434 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | CS Stage 1 | WEETICS | University of Edinburgh, Oceantec Energias Marinas SL, Tecnalia Research and Innovation | £45,000 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | CS Stage 1 | Adaptive Control of the WaveSub WEC using a Romax electromechanical PTO | Marine Power Systems Ltd., University of Bath, Romax Technology Ltd. | £41,850 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | CS Stage 1 | DataWave | Mocean Energy Ltd., Wave Venture, CorPower Ocean AB, Polygen Ltd., MarynSol Ltd | £46,200 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | CS Stage 1 | WEQUAD FRAME Project | INNOSEA Ltd., EPF Elettrotecnica Srl | £41690 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | CS Stage 1 | Cost of Energy Optimised by Reinforcement Learning (CEORL) | Maxsim Ltd., Caelulum Ltd., Aquaharmonics Inc, Wave Conundrums Consulting, David Forehand, David Pizer, Mocean Energy Ltd, CorPower Ocean AB | £46,926 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 13 Sep 2017 | CS Stage 1 | Control of WECs based on dielectric elastomer generators | University of Edinburgh, Cheros Srl, University of Bologna, University of Trento | £47,000 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | CS Stage 1 | Non-linear Optimal Control: Concepts, Practicalities and Benefits | Mocean Energy Ltd., Pelagic Innovation Ltd., Industrial Systems and Control Ltd. | £47,000 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | CS Stage 1 | Adaptive hierarchical model predictive control of wave energy converters | Mocean Energy Ltd, Queen Mary University of London | £28,209 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | CS Stage 1 | Forewave | Innosea Ltd., Politecnico di Torino, Wave for Energy Srl, Industrial Systems and control Ltd. | £37,600 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | CS Stage 1 | IMPACT Integrated Marine Point Absorber Control Tool | SgurrControl Ltd., Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers | £47,000 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 13 Sep 2017 | CS Stage 1 | Wave Energy Advanced Control System (WEACS) | CPower Alba Ltd., SgurrControl Ltd., Wave Venture. | £46,900 | |
| 28 Feb 2018 | PTO Stage 3 | Power Electronic Controlled Magnet Gear (PECMAG) | Ecosse Subsea Systems, Bathwick Electrical Design Ltd, Supply Design Ltd ,and Pure Marine Gen Ltd. | £2.5m | |
| 27 Mar 2018 | CS Stage 2 | Integrated Marine Point Absorber Control Tool (IMPACT) | SgurrControl, Cruz Atcheson. | £187,409 | |
| 27 Mar 2018 | CS Stage 2 | Cost of Energy Optimised by Reinforcement Learning (CEORL) | MaxSim Ltd, Caelulum Ltd, Aquaharmonics Inc., Wave Conundrums Consulting, University of Edinburgh, Marine Systems Modelling, REOptimize Systems. | £187,500 | Progressed to Stage 3 |
| 27 Mar 2018 | CS Stage 2 | Adaptive Hierarchical Model Predictive Control (AHMPC) for WEC control | Queen Mary University of London, University of Exeter, Mocean Energy Ltd. | £151,304 | Progressed to Stage 3 |
| 19 Jul 2018 | SMMP Stage 2 | WES CREATE (Concrete as a Technology Enabler) – Stage 2 | Ove Arup, University of Dundee, Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers, Carnegie Clean Energy Limited, MPA British Precast, Mocean Energy Ltd | £375,564 | Progressed to Stage 3 |
| 19 Jul 2018 | SMMP Stage 2 | HydroComp | CorPower Ocean AB, Balmoral Comtec Limited, Wave Venture Ltd | £399,900 | |
| 19 Jul 2018 | SMMP Stage 2 | Netbuoy II | Tension Technology International Limited, University of Strathclyde, TTI Testing Limited, Optimus (Aberdeen) Limited, Black & Veatch Limited, Quoceant Limited. | £396,664 | Progressed to Stage 3 |
| 8 Jan 2019 | NWEC Stage 3 | Mocean WEC: Blue Horizon | Mocean Energy, Blackfish Engineering Design Limited, Industrial Systems and Controls Ltd, Supply Design Ltd, AJS Design Engineering Ltd, Leask Marine Ltd, Aquatera Ltd, The European Marine Energy Centre Ltd, Orcades Marine Management Consultants Ltd, Oceaneering, MAESTRO Marine LLC, Budapest University of Technology and Economics. | £3,324,720 | |
| 8 Jan 2019 | NWEC Stage 3 | At sea demonstration of the Archimedes Waveswing | AWS Ocean Energy, Quoceant Ltd, Pelagic Innovation Ltd, Orcades Marine Management Consultants Ltd, 4c Engineering, Malin Group Ltd. | £3,321,226 | |
| 16 May 2019 | CS Stage 3 | Cost of Energy Optimised by Reinforced Learning (CEORL) | MaxSim Ltd, REOptimize Systems, AquaHarmonics Inc, Wave Conundrums Consulting, University of Edinburgh, Quoceant Ltd, Caelulum Ltd, Marine Systems Modelling | £475,000 | |
| 16 May 2019 | CS Stage 3 | Adaptive hierarchical model predictive control of wave energy converters | Queen Mary University of London, Mocean Energy Ltd., University of Exeter | £461,345 | |
| 5 Dec 2019 | QCS Stage 1 | Pull and Lock Marine (PALM) Connection System | Apollo | £47,850 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 5 Dec 2019 | QCS Stage 1 | C-DART Quick Connection System | Blackfish Engineering Ltd, Skua Marine Ltd. | £69,050 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 5 Dec 2019 | QCS Stage 1 | SEMC (Subsea Electrical & Mooring Connector) | Ditrel Industrial S.L., Fundación TECNALIA Research & Innovation, Highland Design Engineering Ltd (trading as 4c Engineering). | £69,800 | |
| 5 Dec 2019 | QCS Stage 1 | MECmate | Nova Innovation Ltd, Wave Venture Ltd. | £68,900 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 5 Dec 2019 | QCS Stage 1 | Q-Connect | Quoceant Ltd, EMEC, Inyanga Maritime Ltd. | £69,344 | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 5 Dec 2019 | QCS Stage 1 | Rocksteady WEC Mooring and Electrical Connection | Subsea Riser Products Ltd, 2H Offshore Engineering Ltd, CETO Wave Energy UK Ltd, CorPower Ocean Ltd, InterMoor Ltd, TE Connectivity Ltd. | £69,602 | |
| 5 Dec 2019 | QCS Stage 1 | THOR-QCS (Tension Hookup Operation and Retrieval - QCS) | TTI Marine Renewables Ltd, Tension Technology International Ltd. | £66,675 | |
| 27 Mar 2020 | SMMP Stage 3 | CREATE (Stage 3) - Concrete as a Technology Enabler | Ove Arup & Partners Ltd, K2Management Lda, British Precast Concrete Federation Ltd, Carnegie Clean Energy, AWS Ocean Energy Ltd, BAM Nuttall Ltd. | £0.5m | |
| 27 Mar 2020 | SMMP Stage 3 | Netbuoy III | Tension Technology International Ltd, Griffon Hoverwork Ltd, Kelvin Hydrodynamics Laboratory - University of Strathclyde, International Centre for Island Technology (Heriot Watt University - ICIT, Orkney Campus), PSG Marine & Logistics Ltd. | £0.5m | |
| 14 Jul 2020 | QCS Stage 2 | Pull and Lock Marine (PALM) | Apollo | | Progressed to Stage 3 |
| 14 Jul 2020 | QCS Stage 2 | C-DART | Blackfish Engineering Design | | Progressed to Stage 3 |
| 14 Jul 2020 | QCS Stage 2 | MECmate | Nova Innovation | | |
| 14 Jul 2020 | QCS Stage 2 | Q-Connect | Quoceant | | Progressed to Stage 3 |
| 5 Jul 2021 | QCS Stage 3 | Pull and Lock Marine (PALM) | Apollo Offshore Engineering | | |
| 5 Jul 2021 | QCS Stage 3 | C-DART | Blackfish Engineering Design | | |
| 5 Jul 2021 | QCS Stage 3 | Q-Connect | Quoceant | | |
| 20 Oct 2023 | DG Stage 1 | | 4c Engineering | £250k between five projects | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 20 Oct 2023 | DG Stage 1 | | AWS Ocean Energy | £250k between five projects | |
| 20 Oct 2023 | DG Stage 1 | | Southampton and UTC | £250k between five projects | |
| 20 Oct 2023 | DG Stage 1 | | WaveX | £250k between five projects | |
| 20 Oct 2023 | DG Stage 1 | | TTI Renewables | £250k between five projects | Progressed to Stage 2 |
| 1 Aug 2024 | DG Stage 1 | | 4c Engineering | £400k between two projects | |
| 1 Aug 2024 | DG Stage 1 | | TTI Renewables | £400k between two projects | |