SI OCEAN (Strategic Initiative for Ocean Energy)
SI OCEAN was a 2 year project which was supported by EU under the Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) programme. The project worked with a large number of European stakeholders and aimed to identify practical solutions to deployment of wave and tidal energy on large scale. The project focused on the input from utilities, large industrial organisations and technology developers. SI OCEAN had a goal to deliver a common strategy for wave and tidal by 2020 and to pave exponential growth of this market. This included assessment of resource, technology and policy framework within the EU.
The project identified that the Atlantic Arc offers the greatest potential for ocean energy in EU; therefore, the territorial waters of Atlantic Arc, such as Portugal, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark, were focused on. The objectives of the project were to prioritise barriers to successful market growth of ocean energy and to prepare recommendations to remove them, deliver recommendations for future actions, quantify resources and assess the potential and timeframe for successful and competitive ocean energy technologies.
The Policy and Innovation Group were one of the main partners of the project; they heavily engaged with industry as well as represented academia. The group performed data collection, interviews and a supply chain workshop in the project.
The project identified that the Atlantic Arc offers the greatest potential for ocean energy in EU; therefore, the territorial waters of Atlantic Arc, such as Portugal, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark, were focused on. The objectives of the project were to prioritise barriers to successful market growth of ocean energy and to prepare recommendations to remove them, deliver recommendations for future actions, quantify resources and assess the potential and timeframe for successful and competitive ocean energy technologies.
The Policy and Innovation Group were one of the main partners of the project; they heavily engaged with industry as well as represented academia. The group performed data collection, interviews and a supply chain workshop in the project.
