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Management & Work Programme

The collaborative research work carried out by the OES is structured in specific tasks/projects using two distinct approaches:

Research Projects, typically of 3 years duration (known as “Annexes” to the Implementing Agreement), conducted by a group of countries interested in the topic to which only participants in the Project contribute. Whenever three contracting parties support a proposal and sufficient funding is raised, a new research project can be established. Participation is usually by both cost-sharing and task-sharing.
Shorter projects or “Activities” of interest to all members financed by the Common Fund. Usually the Terms of Reference of any proposed Activity are prepared by a volunteer member, a call is launched among the delegates and applications are evaluated and selected by a subcommittee of 3-4 voluntary ExCo members. The work can be conducted by a group of members and may include participation of external experts.

OES ACTIVE PROJECTS (2016 - 2016)

TASK 1 . Annex | Review, Exchange and dissemination og Information on Ocean Energy Systems

Duration: From 2001 (continuous)
OA: WavEC (PORTUGAL)
Participants: All member countries (Compulsory membership)
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TASK 4 , Annex IV Assessment of Environmental Effects and Monitoring Efforts for Ocean Wave, Tidal and Current Energy Systems

Duration: Phase I: 2010 – 2013; Phase II: 2013 – 2016; Phase III: 2016 – 2019
OA: US Department of Energy (DOE)
Partners: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (US) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
Consultants: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (US), assisted by Aquatera Ltd (UK)
Participants: Canada, China, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States of America

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TASK 5 . The exchange and assessment of Ocean Energy Device Project Information and Experience

Duration: 2012 – 2016
OA: National Renewable Energy Laboratory on behalf of the Department of Energy (DOE), U.S.
Participants: All member countries

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TASK 6 . Worldwide Web GIS Database for Ocean Energy

Duration: From 2013 (continuous)
OA: Fraunhofer Institute IWES (GERMANY)
Participants: All member countries

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TASK 7 . Cost of Energy Assessment for Wave, Tidal and OTEC at an International Level

Duration: 2014 – 2015
OA: The University of Edinburgh (UK)
Partners: WavEC (PORTUGAL), Julia F. Chozas (DENMARK), Re Vision Consulting (USA)
Advisors: RAMBOLL Group A/S (DENMARK), FOT-K Consortium (NIGERIA)
Participants: All member countries

Duration: 2014 – 2017
OA: WavEC (PORTUGAL)
Consultant: MAREI (Ireland)
Participants: All member countries

Duration: 2015 – 2016
OA: The University of Edinburgh (UK)
Partners: Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Cardinal Engineering (USA), Power Projects Limited (New Zealand)
Participants: All member countries

The completed projects - Task 2 “Development of Recommended Practices for Testing and Evaluating Ocean Energy Systems” and Task 3 “Integration of Ocean Energy Plants into Distribution and Transmission Electrical Grids” - are summarised in Appendix 4.

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