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The European Union has granted around
$12million to amarine energy test facilities
project.
The project, known as the Funding Ocean
Renewable Energy through Strategic
European Action (FORESEA), will be led
by the European Marine Energy Centre
(EMEC) and supported by the European
industry group Ocean Energy Europe. It
will be backed by the Interreg North-West
Europe (NEW) program, part of the
European Regional Development Fund
(ERDF).
The project involves ocean energy test
facilities including EMEC in the Orkney
Islands; SmartBay in Galway, Ireland;
SEM-REV in Nantes, France; and the tidal
testing center in Den Oever, Netherlands.
FORESEA will offer a series of funding
and business development support
packages to ocean energy technology
developers to allow them to test and
demonstrate their technology in real-sea
and grid-connected conditions.
Sea trials project
Dacon Systems is specifying Solvay’s
KetaSpire KT-851 NT polyetheretherketone
(PEEK) as an insulator for wire and cable for
oil well and nuclear energy applications.
Typical wireline applications in oil and gas
down-hole environments transmit data
for the purposes of well intervention, data
logging and reservoir evaluation, and
often subjected to extreme temperatures
and pressures. KetaSpire PEEK coatings
meet the performance demands of these
applications. Specifically, KetaSpire KT-851
NT PEEK offers reliable long-term insulation
performance up to 240°C with improved
abrasion resistance.
Solvay’s KetaSpire PEEK also resists up to
1,000kGy of gamma radiation, which
can cause conventional fluoropolymers
(polytetrafluoroethylene and fluorinated
ethylene propylene) to become brittle.
For this reason, Dacon Systems is using
KetaSpire PEEK for coating wires and
cables that transmit power or sensor data
in nuclear plants.
KetaSpire PEEK polymers are inherently
flame retardant and bromine- and
chlorine-free with excellent low smoke
properties.
Insulator finds its niche