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The Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy
Jim Grant University of Exeter & Member of the PRIMaRE Management Board
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The South West’s Landscape
“South West England is on the way to becoming an international centre for marine renewable energy” - Natural assets: wave, tidal range and tidal stream. - Home to great businesses including two of the world’s outstanding tidal stream device developers based in Bristol. - South West businesses are working in virtually every major European marine renewable energy project. - A rich maritime history and leading marine science organisations based in the region - The RDA has developed the Wave Hub, a £42m renewable energy project off Cornwall operational from summer 2010. - The Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE)
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PRIMaRE A partnership between the Universities of Exeter & Plymouth
A £12.8M programme to strengthen the research capability of the South West Funded by the South West RDA and EU ERDF Programmes
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Business Plan Ambition
“… PRIMaRE to meet the immediate needs of the emerging marine renewable energy sector in the Peninsula and to address the wider considerations for renewable energy globally.” “ Funds will be used to secure additional intellectual research capacity and major capital equipment to support …Wave Hub..” Ambition “…South West England… to become a world-leading area. Contributing to the understanding of the construction, deployment, operation, performance and impact of wave energy conversion devices”
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Key Aspects Appointment of internationally leading researchers
Creation of unique, world-class research facilities & infrastructure Leverage of further research funding using the start-up funds Developing links with developers and industry Implementing a knowledge exchange strategy
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Research Themes Wave Resource characterisation Marine Operations
Surface and subsea electrical systems Navigation Environmental Impact Policy & Socio-economic factors
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PRIMaRE’s Research Domain
Environments: Policy – planning, socio-economic, legal, etc Physical, biological & ecological impacts Stakeholders - fishermen, shipping, surfers Wave Energy Device Offshore Energy Array management Output: “rough” electrical energy – needs ‘conditioning’ for grid connection Moorings & anchoring systems /foundations: coupling affects response dynamics Devices Inputs: climate, waves, wind, tidal stream - energy inputs design extremes & constraints Generic challenges & tools: - numerical modelling (wave/device interaction) - electrical simulation modelling - reliability, availability modelling - testing facilities (devices, components, etc.) - Installation / Operation - Control systems,
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Infrastructure Development
South West Moorings test facility Electrical Laboratory to model real life systems Dynamic Marine Component test facility Wave Basin Wave buoy array / ADCPs / HF Radar High Performance Computing Clusters Environmental Measurement
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Outcomes £27m research portfolio - from UK research councils (EPSRC, NERC), TSB, KTPs. EU (FP and Interreg) Research and Business Conferences Publications Over 250 Businesses engaged
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Contact details Jim Grant Research & Knowledge Transfer
University of Exeter THANK YOU
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