OPERA

Title

OPERA

Start Year

2016

End Year

2019

Funding Body

European Union – Horizon 2020

Coordinator

Tecnalia

Research Area

Marine Renewable Energy Technologies

Key Contact

Sara Armstrong

Website

OPERA

Introduction

The primary objective of OPERA is to gather open-sea operating experience to reduce the cost of wave energy. A key challenge to realising the potential of Europe’s wave energy resource relates to data access; the wave energy R&D community does not always have access to open-sea operating test data. OPERA will remove this roadblock by collecting and sharing two years of open-sea operating data of a floating oscillating water column wave energy converter.

Meet Our Team

MaREI has over 200 researchers across 13 partner institutes in Ireland working with 75 industry partners focussing on the energy transition, climate action and the blue economy. MaREI delivers excellent research with societal impact by supporting industry, informing policy and empowering society.

View