Interview with John Ringwood: advancing control strategies for the SHY Project
The SHY Project continues its series of interviews with project partners, highlighting the people and expertise behind the development of innovative solutions for wave energy. In this interview, John…
The Role of Patents in Wave Energy Innovation
Innovation in wave energy doesn't only happen in laboratories and offshore test sites. It also unfolds in patent offices, licensing agreements, and strategic business decisions. A new paper from the…
Tribological behavior of polyoxymethylene sliding against polyethylene and duplex steel in artificial seawater lubrication
One of the most demanding engineering challenges in wave energy is ensuring that mechanical components survive years of continuous operation fully immersed in seawater, under cyclic loading, without…
Advancing wave energy control under force constraints
SHY is pleased to share a new open-access publication: “On a causal force constraint mechanism for approximate position tracking wave energy control strategies”, by Pedro Fornaro, Eugenio M. Gelos…
Symphony: The Ultimate Wave Energy Controller?
A new study linked to the SHY project explores how weather windows and time to repair can affect the availability of Wavepiston devices at two deployment sites in Gran Canaria. The paper, Analysis of…
Weather windows and repair time impacts on device availability
We are pleased to share a new open-access publication associated with the SHY Project, now available on Zenodo: “Analysis of weather windows and impacts of time to repair on device availability (at…
Influence of Restoring Force Absence and Passive Power Take-Off on Wavepiston Performance
We are pleased to share a new SHY Project–related publication that investigates how two key Wavepiston design features influence performance: Absence of restoring force (no inherent resonance in…
Wavepiston Passive Control (WAPPAC) Competition is now live!
The Wavepiston Passive Control (WAPPAC) Competition is now live! We’re excited to announce that the WAPPAC Competition, organized by Maynooth University’s Centre for Ocean Energy Research (COER) has…
Interview with Kristian Glejbøl: Driving the Technical Development of the SHY Project
Kristian Glejbøl, Lead Engineer at Wavepiston, shares his insights on the company’s role as project coordinator, the challenges faced, and the impact they aim to achieve with this ambitious European…
Productive Annual Meeting of the European SHY Project in Gran Canaria
On May 6th, 2025, Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias (PLOCAN) hosted the General Assembly of the European SHY Project (Seawater Hydraulic PTO using Dynamic Passive Controller for Wave Energy…