D6.8 Dissemination report I
Hans Christian Bolstad2019
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Abstract
MegaRoller is a Horizon 2020 project focusing on how to improve European Ocean Wave Energy devices, specifically by developing a Power Take-off unit able to increase the output from the few 100 kW range to a full 1 MW range. The project will generate extensive know-how in the area of PTO design and control systems, with the aim to decrease the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of next-generation OWSC devices.<br> The purpose of this dissemination report is to outline the dissemination activities that have taken place in the consortium since project start and how this relates the activities set out in the corresponding dissemination plan. This document therefore contains the original plan (D6.2) as well as the report on the activities taken place in the first 18 Months.<br> Dissemination activities are done in order to maximize the impact, take-up, visibility, and credibility of the project. This plan addresses the purpose of dissemination, what has and will be disseminated...
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1 Department of civil engineering, Faculty of engineering and architecture, Ghent University, Technologiepark 60, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium E-mail: [email protected] 2 School of Natural and Built Environment, Queens University Belfast, Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom 3 Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400 Oostende, Belgium 4 Universiteit Gent: Laboratorium voor Milieutoxicologie en Aquatische Ecologie (UGentGhEnToxLab), Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium 5 Blue Energie Factories for the Future, Provincial Development Agency (POM) West-Flanders, Koning Leopold III-laan 66, 8200 Sint-Andries; Belgium 6 School of Engineering, Institute for Energy Systems, The University of Edinburgh, Sanderson Building, Robert Stevenson Road, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, United Kingdom 7 School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Building E10, University Camp...
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