SuperGen UK Centre for Marine Energy Research Annual Assembly

John McIntyre Centre, Pollock Halls of Residence, Edinburgh - 27th November 2017

• SuperGen 4 UK Centre for Marine Energy Research
  • Prof. Robin Wallace 
    • Associated Videos:
    • Floating Wind Turbines Tank Test
    • Scaled Turbine Tank test
    • Wakes in Tidal Arrays

• Control and Performance
  • Dr. Anup Nambiar 
    • Associated Videos:
    • TEC Commissioning at Flowave Test Facility
    • TEC Array in Opposing Waves at Flowave Test Facility - 1
    • TEC array in Opposing Waves at Flowave Test Facility - 2

• Risk and Reliability
  • Dr. Ajit Pillai 

• Fatigue Loads and Durability
  • Prof. Trevor Whittaker 

• ​Extreme Loads and Survivability
  • Dr. Stephanie Ordonez 

• ​Array Interaction
  • Dr. Matt Edmunds 

• ​Materials and Structural Integrity
  • Prof. Feargal Brennan 

• Policy and International Reach
  • Henry Jeffrey 

• ​UKCMER:WES Flex-Funded Projects
  • Norman Morrison 

• Supergen ORE Hub
  • Prof. Deborah Greaves 

Grand Challenge Projects

• EcoWatt - Assessing the Impact of Multi-Site Arrays on the Physical and Biological Processes over a Wider Region. 
  • Prof. Jon Side 
    • Associated videos:
    • Present Sea Surface Temperature
    • Future Sea Surface Temperature
    • Simulation of Large Wave  Energy Converter Array 

• FlowTurb - Response of Tidal Energy Converters to Combined Tidal Flow, Waves and Turbulence 1   2 
  • Dr. Vengatesan Venugopal 

• E-Drive - Developing an All-Electric Power Take Off for Wave Energy Converters
  • Prof. Markus Mueller 

• DyLoTTA - Dynamic Loading on Tidal Turbine Arrays
  • Dr. Kate Porter 
    • Co-directional Waves and Current
    • Oblique Model: Waves at 45 Degrees to Current
    • Tow Tank Test of Scaled Tidal Turbine

• SURFTEC - SUrvivability and Reliability of Floating Tidal Energy Converters
  • Dr. Alison Williams 

Rapid fire updates

• EPSRC Centre for Advanced Materials for RE Generation 
  • Prof. Neil Robertson 

• Wave Energy Scotland
  • Tim Hurst 

• Flowave
  • Dr. Tom Davey 
    • Associated videos:
    • InSTREAM Project Testing at Flowave 
    • Quoceant Ectacti Hull FloWave Test
    • Symphony Wave Energy Converter Test at Flowave
    • WETFEET Project Testing at Flowave
    • Checkmate Seaenergy Wave Energy Converter Test at Flowave

• FastBlade
  • Dr. Jeffrey Steynor 

• ORE-Catapult
  • Dr. Paul McKeever 

• The Bryden Centre
  • Prof. Trevor Whittaker