NEMMO

Acronym:

NEMMO

Project title:

NEMMO Next Evolution In Materials and Models for Ocean Energy

3. General Data: (Call/program/ reference/ award date/ execution date)

EUROPEAN UNION
Program: H2020
Ref. No.: 815278
Date awarded: 11/22/2018
Dates of execution: 01/04/2019-30/09/2022

4. Presentation and objectives:

The NEMMO project seeks to generate the necessary knowledge to implement a robust design and verification methodology to develop larger, more efficient and longer-lived advanced composite turbine blades for tidal power generation. The main expected results of the NEMMO project are:

• New simulation tools for modeling the operation of turbine blades for tidal power generation, including the instantaneous definition of cavitation phenomena.
• Fatigue behavior, hydrodynamic performance, aging, bio-fouling and cavitation wear models.
• Novel test equipment and methodology for the evaluation of bio-fouling, aging, fatigue and cavitation erosion.
• Active Flow Control system, biomimetic surfaces and nano-enhanced composites and coatings for high-performance tidal turbine blades.
• Design methodologies to develop turbine blades made of advanced composite materials that improve hydrodynamic performance, durability and resistance to marine environments.
• Manufacture of 1:1 scale blades in optimized composite materials according to the findings of the NEMMO project.
• Full-scale testing for complete characterization and evaluation of the optimized design, including a first test of the tidal cycle in a full-scale offshore demonstrator.

5. Participating entities:

• TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION FOUNDATION
• INDUSTRIAS NAVARRAS DEL PLASTICO REFORZADO SL
• TECHNION – ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
• DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
• ASSOCIATION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT ET DES RECHERCHES AUPRES DES UNIVERSITES, DES CENTRES DE RECHERCHE ET DES ENTREPRISES D’AQUITAINE
• FOUNDATION FOR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION,
• MAGALLANES RENOVABLES SL
• SSPA SWEDEN AB
• S.P. NANO LTD
• ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DE L’ENERGIE DE L’OCEAN
• BLADE TEST CENTER A/S
• TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF ARAGON

6. Budget:

TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET: 4,981,007.50 €.

TOTAL ITAINNOVA budget: 460,000

7. Financing:

TOTAL PROJECT FINANCING: 4,981,007.50 €.
TOTAL ITANNOVA financing: 460,000 €.

“This project has received funding from the Uropean Union`s Horizon 2020 research and innnovation programme under grant agreement nº 815278”.