InfinityWEC to demonstrate performance with enhanced model-based predictive control in scale 1:3 sea trials
Karlskrona/Gothenburg, Sweden; 29 March 2023 – Ocean Harvesting is collaborating with experts in model-based predictive control to implement recent research and increase the performance of InfinityWEC in the upcoming scale 1:3 sea trials. Use of predictive control strategies in a point-absorbing wave energy converter (WEC) greatly increases the annual energy production (AEP) compared to non-predictive reactive control. OHT has shown up to 30% improvement with model predictive control (MPC) in simulations, and similar results have been shown by other WEC developers and in academic