Researchers at the UPM, within the framework of
PROCODAC-GESMEY project, have participated in the construction and testing of
the prototype of a device to harness energy from ocean currents able to work in
deep water.
In collaboration with the Astilleros Balenciaga company and
the Fundación Centro Tecnológico Soermar, researchers at the Group of R&D
GITERM, assigned to the Higher Technical School of Naval Architecture and Ocean
Engineering of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, are participating at the
PROCODAC project, focused on the design, construction and testing on a marine
environment of an experimentation prototype at a ten to one scale of what would
be an industrial unit able to provide a 1MW of electricity (GESMEY project).
This prototype is complemented by an underwater buoy that was designed to
operate in areas of 40 metres of depth.