About the project
MORE (Next Generation Marine Materials for Resilient Offshore Renewable Energy Devices) proposes the creation of a new robust methodology with improved tools for material selection and validation to harmonise testing procedures able to generate the next generation of materials for Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) devices to overcome the present energy and environmental challenges.
The MORE project will focus on harmonising small- and large-scale multi-degradation rigs to create a fast track for the validation of materials, starting from, but not limited to, metallic materials and metal coatings typically suffering tribocorrosion and multi-degradation (passive metals), to enable the industrial uptake of these methods. MORE will demonstrate a multi-degradation validation pathway for materials and subcomponents to be used as a case study in the offshore renewable energy sector. While innovative marine renewable energy device technologies are gaining popularity, the technicalities of operating them in hostile environments remain complex and challenging, jeopardising the deployment of these very important technologies for future generations.
MORE projects aim at enhancing zero-emission power technologies (CEPT Challenge 2): wave energy has demonstrated a more efficient use of the surface area compared to wind turbines. By improving the material use in the systems and by developing better material-qualifying protocols, the MORE project aims at lowering technology production costs.