4c Engineering will collaborate with two Basque firms to develop a reliable, low cost subsea connector following the award of a £70,000 contract by Wave Energy Scotland (WES). The Inverness Campus based firm have partnered with Ditrel Industrial (the project lead contractor), and TECNALIA, to create the “SEMC” project (Subsea Electrical & Mooring Connector). The… Read more »
It’s been another incredibly busy and productive couple of years at 4c Engineering; here is a brief round-up of some of the fascinating projects we’ve had the privilege of working on over the last while. We’re also delighted to welcome Jenny to the team – she’s taking some of our admin/financial tasks, freeing up our… Read more »
4c Engineering will be making the trip over to Normandy this June to attend ICOE 2018 in Cherbourg. If you’d like to speak with us you can get in touch beforehand at info@4cengineering.co.uk to make an appointment, or find us at booth AB128 – the Scottish Pavillion. We’re looking forward to catching up with industry contacts… Read more »
We’ve had an intense couple of weeks testing a scale model of a wave energy converter (WEC) at the FloWave test facility in Edinburgh. Throughout this testing we’ve been recording data to show how efficiently the Sea Power Platform can convert energy in the waves to mechanical energy to be used in the generation of… Read more »
4c Engineering are delighted to have been selected as one of four wave energy technology developers who were awarded a total of £2.84 million by Wave Energy Scotland (WES) after successfully competing to join stage two of an innovative technology development programme. The funding will support further design, modelling and testing of technologies being developed… Read more »
This week we had a quick visit over to Ireland to meet with Sea Power Ltd, who took us for a visit out to their 5x Sea Power Platform, currently on-station at the SmartBay test centre in Galway Bay. See some lovely drone footage here: It was great to see it in the flesh –… Read more »
It’s been an incredibly busy and productive year at 4c Engineering (so much so that we’ve struggled to find the time to write up case studies for the fascinating projects we’ve been involved in!). In the meantime, here’s a brief roundup from the last year: 1. Wave Energy Scotland project with Sea Power Ltd Our… Read more »
Time has flown by since the successful installation of the AWS half-scale cassette demonstration project – the 100th day of testing has just been achieved. During the installation and test period 4c Engineering provided engineering and support services to AWS, including management of the marine operations, mechanical and electrical installation, SCADA design and implementation, HSE… Read more »
After just 4 hectic weeks on site, Andy Hall, Jo Wilson and Hamish Grey completed the installation and commissioning phase of the AWS half-scale cassette demonstration project. Working with local contractors Orcades Marine, Delta Marine and Currie Brothers, Andy and his team got the job done well inside the time and budget allowed by AWS…. Read more »