The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and CENSIS - the Innovation Centre for Sensor & Imaging Systems – are collaborating to support innovation and development of new sensor technologies.

The EMEC said in a statement that by helping innovative sensor technologies develop through technology readiness levels (TRL), and by providing independent performance verification as technologies enter the market, the partnership aims to fast track novel sensor technologies in the energy sector marketplace.

The support offered by CENSIS can help prepare sensor technologies for independent Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) delivered by EMEC. As a verification body for ETV, EMEC is accredited to undertake ETV verifications in accordance with the EU ETV Pilot Programme General Verification Protocol.

“Marine energy developers are generally required to investigate the potential effect of their devices on the surrounding environment, as well as being interested in any effect the environment may have on their devices. These investigations require in situ monitoring by sensors that can deliver data in high-energy environments,” EMEC Research Director Jennifer Norris said.

“The better the sensors and other data gathering methods are, the better we can understand how the pioneering wave and tidal energy machines testing at EMEC interact with their environment,” she said.

The pilot EU-ETV scheme is applicable to innovative technologies in the energy industry, water treatment and monitoring technologies, and materials, waste and resources technologies, providing they have environmental added-value.

For information on Environmental Technology Verification:
http://iet.jrc.ec.europa.eu/etv/

For more information:
http://www.emec.org.uk/press-release-emec-and-censis-join-forces-to-support-sensor-innovation/