ORPC Advances Marine Energy Turbine Design through the European CRIMSON Project in Rome, Italy

CRIMSON Project Tow Tank Testing Completed in 2024 at the Institute of Marine Engineering, CNR, Rome, Italy, funded by the European Commission , Horizon 2020, Grant Agreement 971209.
Project Partners:
ÉireComposites
ORPC
CNR
University of Galway
Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials
The CRIMSON project's aim is to bring to market a reliable, sustainable marine energy turbine through the application of novel materials and technologies over the complete life cycle of the product. The key driver for this project is the global potential to generate 120 GW of clean, predictable electricity from the kinetic energy in rivers and tidal currents. The project aims to provide a high-performance, low-cost marine hydrokinetic (MHK) power system to the market using manufacturing techniques suitable for high volume manufacturing. The project will also investigate the use of recycled materials in marine energy turbines and thus remove an important obstacle in the full-scale commercialization of marine energy.