Development Milestones
Aquamarine has achieved several important milestones in the development of Oyster®. Our development programme is scheduled to deliver several commercial wave farms.
Milestone 1 (2006)
Concept development work completed, including wave tank tests at Queen’s University Belfast using 1/40th and 1/20th scale models of a single oscillator. Numerical modelling and performance and load test results were used to deliver the baseline design and operational loads for the Oyster® pilot plant.
Milestone 2 (2007–2008)
Oyster® has been fully fabricated and tested. The full system has been fully insured and certified by independent third parties; and is ready for installation at EMEC in Orkney.
Milestone 3 (2007-2008)
Theoretical research: numerical modelling has been carried out to identify optimal array configurations and predict performance of the first Oyster® wave farm.
Work to deliver cost-effective production designs is now underway. This is based on experimental research, value engineering and detailed array design: the performance of the Oyster® technology is being verified via tank testing.
Milestone 4 (2009–2011)
The Oyster® array demonstration project as a precursor to commercial deployment. The fabrication design will be finalised and contracts placed for the fabrication of a demonstration array to be deployed in Scotland. This will be the first step in deployment of further commercial Oyster® wave farms across Europe.
