SuperGen Marine Energy Annual Assembly
Pollock Halls, Edinburgh - 7th October 2011

• 09.40  Highlights of the SuperGen Marine Phase 2 Programme
  • Prof. Ian Bryden 
     

Offshore Testing and Resource Appraisal

• 10.00  Guidelines on array effects for wave farm design
  • Dr. Matt Folley 
     
• 10.10  Moorings for Marine Renewable Energy Converters
  • Dr. Vadimir Krivtsov 
     
    • Associated Videos:
    • Tests at MARINTEK (Trondheim)
    • Tests at Heriot-Watt
    • Launching at Strangford Lough
    • WEC in a gale
• 10.20  Field Testing of Interactions Between 1:10th Scale Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbines
  • Laura Finlay 
     
    • Associated Videos:
    • Strangford Field Tests
    • Mooring System Dragging

Onshore Testing and Modelling

• 10.30  Tidal Energy Resource Characterisation
  • Dr. Scott Couch 
     
• 10.40  New Shapes by Evolution
  • Dr. Andy McCabe 
     
    • Associated Videos:
    • Laboratory testing Pelican
• 10.50  Physical and Numerical Convergence
  • Dr. Mathew Topper 
     
    • Associated Videos:
    • Fifth order Stokes wave generated by Starccm+
    • Soliton collision modelled by Boundary Element Method
    • Area under wave graphing using fifthwave

Generators, Control and Networks

• 11.30  An Integrated Full Wave-to-Wire Array Model
  • Dr. David Forehand & Dr. Aristides Kiprakis 
     
    • Associated Videos:
    • Four Interacting Buoys
    • Wave-to-Wire Model (Irregular Sea)
    • Array Response to Network Event
• 11.40  Integrated Generator Design for Improved Performance and Reliability
  • Dr. Markus Mueller 
     
    • Associated Videos:
    • Snapper Dry Testing Video
• 11.50  Method for Evaluating Reliability of Tidal Stream Devices
  • Prof. Peter Tavner 
     

Environment and Economics

• 12.00  Macro- and Micro-economic Analysis of Marine Energy
  • Dr. Michelle Gilmartin 
     
• 12.10  Predicting the impacts of marine energy converters on inshore ecosystems
  • Dr. Louise Kregting 
     
• 12.20  Monitoring Marine Habitats of West Mainland Orkney
  • Andrew Want 
     

Capacity Building, Internationalisation & EERA

• 12.30  Doctoral Training Programme
  • Prof. David Ingram 
     
• 12.40  Dissemination and Outreach
  • Henry Jeffrey 
     
• 12.50  EERA
  • Henry Jeffrey 
     

SuperGen3, Planned tanks and IDCORE

• 14.30  SuperGen 3: UKCMER
  • Prof. Robin Wallace 
     
• 14.50  Planned Combined Current and Wave Tanks
  • Prof. Ian Bryden & Prof. Deborah Greaves 
     
• 15.10  IDCORE
  • Prof. David Ingram 
     

Guest Presentations

• 16.00  IEA Vision for Marine Energy
  • Eoin Sweeney 
     
• 16.10  Developments in the Energy Generation and Supply KTN
  • Fiona Porter 
     
• 16.20  NERC Marine Energy Programme
  • Annie Linley 
     
• 16.30  Update from Marine Strategy Group of Renewables UK
  • David Krohn 
     
• 16.50  Launch of ORECCA Marine Energy Roadmap
  • Jochen Bard 
     

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