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Reports and Links

Oceanlinx is at the forefront of wave energy conversion technology and works closely with research and industry experts to continue to develop its technology.  The following reports and website links provide additional information to assist in understanding the increasing maturity of the wave energy industry.

REPORTS

Download - Carbon Trust Oscillating Water Column WEC Evaluation Report (External Report)

Download - IEA Annual Report 2008 (External Report)

Download - Oceanlinx Technical Facts Sheet - English version (Internal Report)

Download - Oceanlinx Technical Facts Sheet - French version (Internal Report)

Download - Oceanlinx Technical Facts Sheet - Spanish version (Internal Report)

 

LINKS

American Bureau of Shipping
The responsibility of the classification society is to verify that merchant ships and marine structures comply with Rules that the society has established for design, construction and periodic survey.

ASO Marine Consultants
ASO Marine Consultants service the Australian ship and offshore industries in Australia and South East Asia. ASO is a company that provides ship design, structural design including finite element capability, stability evaluations, project management and technical and legal expert opinions.

Australian Maritime College
AMC has Engineering and Hydrodynamics Facilities where Oceanlinx has performed experiments conducted in their Test Basin to quantify the motions and forces experienced by a moored floating structure.

EMEC (Europe)
The European Marine Energy Centre was set up in Orkney, Scotland UK, to provide developers of wave and tidal energy devices with a purpose-built performance testing facility, as well as extensive local research and engineering support.

Environment Business Australia
Environment Business Australia's top priority is to raise awareness about the solutions to environmental challenges which affect our economy, our quality of life and health. The EBA brings business and political leaders together with scientists, innovators, technology developers, financiers and investors, to create strategies for our future.

International Energy Agency
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is an intergovernmental organisation which acts as energy policy advisor to 28 member countries in their effort to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for their citizens.

Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition
The Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition is the only national trade association exclusively dedicated to promoting marine and hydrokinetic energy technologies from clean, renewable ocean resources.

Queens University (Belfast)
Queen’s is a broadly based, research-driven university with a dynamic world-class research and education portfolio and strong international connections. One of the areas of research excellent at Queen’s is Renewable Energy.

University of Cork
UCC has one of Ireland's most successful and active research programs. They have an outstanding international reputation in research across all faculties and a long tradition and expertise in Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, Innovation and of working with industry.

University of NSW
UNSW, a member of the Go8, is one of Australia's leading research intensive universities. Oceanlinx engaged the Water Research Laboratory at UNSW to undertake two-dimensional physical modelling of its Wave Energy System. The physical modelling undertaken for this project provided Oceanlinx with invaluable data for the ongoing design refinement to its Wave Energy System.

University of Sydney
The University of Sydney has extensive state-of-the-art laboratories and research facilities.

University of Wollongong
Engineering research is supported by well equipped laboratories and workshops and a highly skilled team of support staff. UoW have a major off-campus facility for large scale projects.