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Current research projects include:•Invest NI research study into marine energy test zones

•Productivity & cost of energy analysis for DUO WEC

•Benchmarking studies to advise technology developers

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Paraic Higgins028 9073 7997

paraic.higgins@puremarinegen.com

Research Study for Marine Energy test zones NI

• Investigating industry needs• Developing options for Pre-commercial array

test zone – wavehub for tidal energy ?• Keen to get views and input from across the

sector

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Productivity and cost of energy analysis of DUO WEC

• Identifying key areas for technology development

• Transparent analysis to provide data for industry free from “commercial spin”

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Benchmarking studies to advice technology developers

• Productivity analysis of a TRL-3 wave energy device

• Comparison to productivity of other wave energy devices

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