IST Wave Energy Group

07/08/2022

The IST Wave Energy Group published a new article entitled "Sea trial results of the biradial and Wells turbines at Mutriku wave power plant" in the Energy Conversion and Management journal by L.M.C. Gato, J.C.C., Gato and A.A.D. Carrelhas.

This research was partially supported by European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No. 654444 (OPERA Project) and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology - FCT, through IDMEC, under LAETA, project UIDB/50022/2020, and project MIT-EXPL/SOE/0094/2019. We acknowledge OPERA’s partners Ente Vasco de la Energia, IDOM, Tecnalia, and Kymaner for their support during sea trials.

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Open sea experience is essential to develop wave energy technology and reduce costs. One of the goals of the EU H2020 OPERA project was to advance the…

18/03/2022

A turbina birradial, patenteada em 2011, colocou o Técnico no grupo da frente da investigação mundial na área do aproveitamento da energia das ondas, mas a sua génese remonta a 1974. Tudo começa com a entrada na história do Técnico (e pelo Pavilhão Central adentro) de “um senhor chamado Agnelo David, na altura com cerca de 40 anos, comerciante de profissão, em Almeirim, e inventor nas horas vagas”. Não tinha formação técnica nem científica, mas trazia uma ideia: as ondas do mar, do oceano, tinham muita energia e talvez fosse possível aproveitá-la. A semente germinou e anos depois nascia no Técnico um grupo de investigação que se tornaria num dos mais competitivos a nível internacional. O grupo esteve, por exemplo, envolvido na construção da primeira central de energia de ondas do mundo, que funcionou entre 1999 e 2018, na ilha do Pico. Na origem destes mais de 40 anos de investigação no sector está uma história incrível de ideias que (também) nascem fora da academia.
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👉 Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica - Instituto Superior Técnico

29/11/2020

The IST Wave Energy Group published with the University of Plymouth a new article entitled «Wave energy converter physical model design and testing: The case of floating oscillating-water-columns» by the authors Portillo, J.C.C., Collins, K.M., Gomes, R.P.F., Henriques, J.C.C., Gato, L.M.C., Howey, B.D., Hann, M.R., Greaves, D.M., and Falcão, A.F.O. in Applied Energy. This work has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 641334 - WETFEET Project. For more information please follow this link:

The quest for exploiting the ocean resources and understanding its behaviour has been a challenge with increasing needs for innovation and technology.…

17/10/2019

Plataforma de produção de eletricidade limpa através da força do mar será instalada nos próximos dias.

29/03/2019

Do you want to see academic researchers doing real stuff? 🤓

Here is the biradial turbine operating since October 2018 at IDOM Buoy (notice the big IST logo 💪)!

(New videos coming soon!)

Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica - Instituto Superior Técnico IDOM Energiaren Euskal Erakundea - Ente Vasco de la Energía

21/02/2019

Check out the new promotional video of the H2020 OPERA project featuring, among other breakthroughs, the testing of the biradial turbine at the Mutriku wave power plant and the IDOM Marmok-A-5 buoy at BiMEP, Basque Country.
Another achievement for IST Wave Energy Group!

Ocean energies. Wec testing. Visual summary of the work done in the open sea, within the OPERA project framework

03/12/2018

✅CHECK THIS OUT ✅

On the top 3 of the most Cited Renewable Energy Articles is the paper from Professor António Falcão and Professor João Henriques!💪

This journal has an impact factor of 4.900!
Congrats! 🥳

You can download the paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148115301828


Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica - Instituto Superior Técnico Instituto Superior Técnico

11/10/2018

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OPERA Biradial turbine assembled into the Marmok-A-5 going to BiMEP!

A great achievement for IST Wave Energy Group!

Going from academic to industrial!

Courtesy of OCEANTEC-IDOM.



Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica - Instituto Superior Técnico IDOM Energiaren Euskal Erakundea - Ente Vasco de la Energía

04/10/2018

💥MILESTONE💥 we were not able to make a live video directly from the boat next to the turbine. Nevertheless here is a photo! energy

04/10/2018

Just arrived to BiMEP! In some minutes we are going to be live near the biradial turbine.

04/10/2018

💥HOT NEWS💥

Biradial turbine was already assembled at the Marmok and moved offshore to BiMEP. In about one hour we are going to be live from BiMEP to testify this achievement!!