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🌊 New report: 2024 UK Ocean Energy Review: A Year of Positive Progress The 2024 UK Ocean Energy Review, published by the The University of Edinburgh’s Policy and Innovation Group, in collaboration with key sector organisations, highlights significant progress in the UK's ocean energy sector. The report underscores the growing potential of tidal and wave energy technologies to contribute to the UK’s clean energy mix. Key updates include: 📣 The increasing number of ocean energy projects being deployed in British waters, with the results of decades of innovation, funding and sector development are beginning to come to fruition. 📣 The pipeline of tidal stream projects awarded through the CfD scheme has expanded to over 120MW. 📣 The potential to create 15,000+ wave and tidal jobs by 2050 by 2050. However, the report also calls for a step-change in policy to fully unlock the sector’s potential in meeting 2030 clean power targets. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/evjxRUZw In collaboration with the support of organisations including the Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, Wave Energy Scotland, UK Marine Energy Council, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, EMEC: European Marine Energy Centre. #OceanEnergy #CleanEnergy 

An exciting new project will adopt a whole-systems approach to a just energy transition, involving researchers from partner institutions of the Supergen ORE Hub, including the University of Aberdeen (project lead), the The University of Edinburgh, and the University of Strathclyde. The project will work across multiple disciplines - including social sciences, engineering, law, geosciences and the humanities - to develop systems solutions that place people and communities at the heart of addressing specific carbon and societal challenges.

Relevant to all of us working in the offshore renewable energy space, our upcoming Masterclass offers a comprehensive understanding of the economic and policy setting that shapes the sector’s development. This two-day programme explores a big-picture analysis, providing valuable insights into private and public sector attitudes that influence offshore renewable energy. The Masterclass includes a hands-on exercise where participants will assume the role of consultants advising an energy ministry and receive feedback from a panel of experts. In addition, participants will visit the FloWave Facilities, a state-of-the-art wave and current simulation tank. Spaces are limited. Find out more - https://lnkd.in/eDMU8H7K Masterclass on Economic and Policy Analysis for Offshore Renewables The University of Edinburgh, 25 & 26 February 2024 Led by Professor Henry Jeffrey, recipient of Ocean Energy Europe’s Vi Maris Award, this Masterclass draws on his expertise as head of the Policy and Innovation Group at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Energy Systems. #energypolicy #professionaldevelopment

Significant port developments have been announced in Belfast, in part, to prepare for the growing demand in offshore renewables assembly and deployment. With the expansion of offshore renewable energy, there's a clear need for additional port facilities to support ongoing operations and maintenance. Wind, wave and tidal energy sectors have differing requirements, making the need for specific infrastructure to be developed in locations across the UK.

Our most recent work in #tidal #turbine focuses on how two fully-aligned turbines operating close to a seabed ridge experience a change in the wake dynamics. Such #bathymetry feature is quite common in many tidal sites, say Raz Blanchard or MeyGen, but we do not know a lot how turbines in arrays will operate in such conditions. Interestingly, the ridge wake can promote a faster wake recovery depending on its relative position to the upstream turbine. This eventually can increase the performance of downstream turbine(s) if no ridge were present. Once again #fluid #mechanics suprising us again! Check the full OA paper: https://lnkd.in/dPy9kXU7 Massive congrats to my PhD student Sulaiman Hurubi, co-supervised with Tim Stallard and Peter K Stansby. Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub The University of Manchester FYI Orbital Marine Power Ltd Proteus Marine Renewables Jeremy Smith Andy Baldock Fraser Johnson QED Naval Ltd Tocardo BV HYDROQUEST Magallanes Renovables

The Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) has launched their Flexible Fund, supporting research to accelerate energy demand reduction in the UK: https://t.co/j9j8tooCn2 📢 Applications are open for: Rapid Projects Fund (max £50,000): For short-term, high-impact research projects. International Fund (max £10,000): For global collaborations in research and workshops. Early Career Fund (max £72,000): Supporting ECRs to develop new collaborative projects. To explain more about the opportunities and application process, they are holding a Flexible Fund Early Career Webinar on Monday, 27 January at 15:00: https://lnkd.in/dY_EsxbJ For FAQs or further inquiries email flexiblefund@edrc.ac.uk

How can machine learning help us shape sustainable ocean management? As the oceans face unprecedented pressures, understanding the ecosystem-level effects of offshore renewable energy developments is crucial for informed policy and sustainable management. Join us for a lunchtime webinar to hear from Dr Neda Trifonova as she discusses her research using machine learning techniques to understand the ecosystem-level effects at regional and shelf-wide scales following the deployment of large-scale offshore wind and under alternative scenarios incorporating fishing and climate change outcomes. Topic: The use of Dynamic Bayesian Network Modelling for the Spatial and Temporal Understanding of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics 📅 Wednesday 29 January 2025 🕜 1 - 2pm 🖥️ Online, via Zoom Our bi-monthly webinar series offers a platform to innovative research helping us to keep up to date with the latest developments and highlights. Find out more and register your place - https://lnkd.in/dAqTVDtG #marinescience #renewableenergy Tethys Research Institute National Oceanography Centre

As we step into 2025, we renew our focus on advancing innovative research and developing the skilled workforce crucial for the acceleration of offshore renewable energy. The path to achieving Net Zero presents both opportunities for innovation and significant technical challenges. A growing workforce of offshore renewable energy professionals is needed, with expertise in research and innovation to enhance efficiency, productivity, and reduce risks. To support this, we're pleased to announce 5 more dates in our Masterclass series, allowing professionals to develop their expertise in critical areas and to lead the sector forward. - Economic and Policy Analysis for Offshore Renewables | 25 & 26 Feb Gain a comprehensive understanding of the economic and policy drivers shaping the offshore renewable energy sector.   - Environmental Contours & Extreme Value Analysis | 15 & 16 May Master the tools and techniques of extreme value analysis in a range of applications in offshore renewable energy, supported by real world case studies.   - Offshore Geotechnics | 27 & 28 May Explore geotechnical engineering applied to offshore renewable energy problems supported by hands-on demonstrations and observation of a live, scale-model experiment on a geotechnical centrifuge.   - Offshore Structural Integrity | 2 & 3 Apr Dive into the design philosophies and methodologies critical for ensuring the structural integrity of offshore renewable energy installations, covering materials and design considerations.   - Virtual Prototyping of Offshore Renewable Energy Technologies 30 April & 1 May Using the state-of-the-art Marine Simulator, explore full-scale virtual prototyping of ORE technologies under the influence of varying climatic and physical conditions.   - Optimising Offshore Renewable Energy Array Design and Locations for Safety, Fisheries Colocation and Environmental Aspects | Sept 2025 TBC Learn to navigate the complexities of offshore wind farm design via interactive visualisation tools in the cutting-edge Marine Simulator using real world case studies including manoeuvring vessels around wind farms and mooring line inspections. These 1 or 2- day masterclasses will be held at leading research centres across the UK, starting February 2025.   Places in each masterclass are limited – register your place now: https://lnkd.in/d3Hb5BPs #netzero #offshorerenewableenergy MASTS Scotland National Composites Centre UKRI - Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge (IDC) Supergen Bioenergy Hub Supergen Energy Storage Network+ University of Plymouth Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Environmental Research Institute  

It is brilliant to see our children's offshore renewable energy book being enjoyed by more children, inspiring them with the exciting potential of clean energy from the sea! Gaia's Energy Adventure is available in English and Welsh and it's currently being translated into two more languages - stay tuned for updates! Aimed at primary school children, the story follows Gaia, a young girl concerned about climate change, who embarks on an exciting adventure to explore the ways we can make clean energy from the wind and oceans. To order a copy, email supergenorehub@plymouth.ac.uk

How can we predict the impact of population trends across species and connect these predictions to changes in ecosystem services and natural capital, to help assess the environmental and socio-economic benefits and trade-offs? Join us for the next lunchtime webinar: The use of Dynamic Bayesian Network Modelling for the Spatial and Temporal Understanding of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics Hosted by Dr Neda Trifonova, University of Aberdeen 📅 Wednesday 29 January 2025 🕜 1 - 2pm 🖥️ Online, via Zoom Our bi-monthly webinar series offers a platform to innovative research helping us to keep up to date with the latest developments and highlights. Register your place now - https://lnkd.in/e3i9TZPd #marinescience #ecosystem Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult RenewableUK Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources @eco wind Environmental Research Institute INSITE NORTH SEA