Bimep Platform's Contact Details

Bimep Platform's Company Details

BiMEP

Urizar, Basque Country, Spain • 3 Employees
Semiconductors

⚓Biscay Marine Energy Platform, S.A., or BiMEP, is an infrastructure operating in real marine conditions for the research, demonstration and operation of marine energy collector devices. BiMEP has two sites:🌊BiMEP site: A grid-connected offshore test site off the coastal town of Armintza.🌊Mutriku site: A test site at the Mutriku Wave Energy Plant.⚓Catering to a wide range of technology readiness levels (TRL), the test infrastructure has been designed to allow for testing and demonstration of:🌊Wave energy devices🌊Prototypes of floating platforms for offshore wind turbines🌊Prototypes of deep water fixed foundations for offshore wind turbines🌊Offshore wind turbines🌊Auxiliary equipment and sub-systems🔬The Harsh Lab is also installed in the BiMEP site, an advanced floating platform for the evaluation of standardized test pieces and components in real offshore environment.⚓BiMEP is currently involved in the following projects:📔Open Sea Operating Experience to Reduce Wave Energy Cost, OPERA📔Marinet2 Offshore Renewable Testing📔TRLplus📔Wave Energy in Southern Europe, WESE📔BlueGIFT⚓Biscay Marine Energy Platform, S.A. is a public-sector company set up in 2011 for development, construction, operation, maintenance and management of the BiMEP open sea test platform. The public-sector company has two partners: 🐚the Basque Energy Agency (Ente Vasco de la Energía, EVE) and 🐚the Institute for Energy Saving and Diversification (IDAE).