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The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has agreed to collaborate with Spanish research centre Tecnalia to further the development of offshore wind technology.
The two organisations will work together on EU-funded projects as part of the Horizon 2020 programme and will share their testing and demonstration experience in the hope of improving their respective capabilities and enabling access to each other’s testing infrastructure.
They will also exchange knowledge on high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technologies, rain erosion test methodologies, erosion coating technologies and measurement techniques.
Innovation and research director for ORE Catapult, Iganacio Martí Pérez, said: “Working collaboratively with Tecnalia will enable us to develop international best practise in technology research and development and to focus on accelerating cross-border innovation.
“We can then share that knowledge, ultimately benefitting the whole offshore renewables industry and helping to drive down the cost of energy from offshore wind.”
Iberdrola’s offshore managing director and chair of ORE Catapult’s Industry Advisory Group Jonathan Cole said: “Cross border collaboration fostering technology innovation is vital to driving down costs in offshore renewables.
“Both the UK and Spain are global leaders in offshore renewables, and this announcement of a collaboration agreement between two of their leading research institutes is a welcome move towards securing and delivering affordable low carbon energy generation.”
In March ORE Catapult signed an agreement with Statoil, the Scottish government and Scottish Enterprise to test a new battery storage solution at the Hywind windfarm off the coast of Aberdeen.
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