UKCMER. SuperGen 3 UK Centre for Marine Energy Research

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1 SuperGen 3 UK Centre for Marine Energy Research

2 Mission SuperGen Marine Phase 3 is the UK Centre for Marine Energy Research whose core membership and management team will - ensure joined-up regional, disciplinary and thematic effort to meet the challenges in accelerating deployment towards and through 2020 targets Phase Phase Phase Around 100 faculty and research staff

3 Rationale and Vision Within this landscape will Conduct world-class fundamental and applied research that assists the marine energy sector to accelerate deployment and ensure growth in generating capacity through 2020 targets. Expand and operate an inclusive marine network of academic researchers, industry partners and international collaborators. Continue to provide the highest quality of doctoral training and knowledge transfer in partnership with industry to build intellectual and human capacity for the sector.

4 Research Themes Arrays and farms Extreme loadings and survival Novel marine energy systems and components Environmental Interaction Fatigue loadings and reliability

5 Arrays and Farms Optimise design, hydrodynamic processes and nature of interactions between waves, currents, devices and network. Optimal Design of Very Large Tidal Stream Farms for Shallow Estuarine Applications: Exeter, Edinburgh Resource to Wire Modelling of Arrays Edinburgh, Strathclyde, Lancaster, Swansea

6 Extreme Loadings & Survival The Effects of Realistic Tidal Flows on the Performance and Structural Integrity of Tidal Stream Turbines: Cardiff, Liverpool, Swansea, Bangor, Cranfield Extreme Loading of Marine Energy Devices due to Waves, Currents, Flotsam and Mammal Impact: Manchester, Edinburgh, Plymouth, SAMS Develop means to predict, economically design for and survive extreme loadings, reduce the need for over-design against fatigue, increase reliability, power quality and affordability

7 Extreme Loadings & Survival Modelling Marine Renewable Energy Devices - Designing for Survivability: Imperial, Queens, Manchester Metropolitan Reducing the Costs of Marine Renewables via Advanced Structural Materials. Strathclyde, Southampton, Newcastle, SuperGen Marine Technology Challenge: Oxford, UCL, Bath Develop means to predict, economically design for and survive extreme loadings, reduce the need for over-design against fatigue, increase reliability, power quality and affordability

8 Novel Marine Energy Systems and Components Improve reliability and increase ability to predict wear and fatigue life of components & devices operating well away from design conditions Step Change for Wave Energy Conversion Through Floating Multi-Body Multi-Mode Systems In Swell Manchester, Oxford, Bath The hydrodynamics of deformable flexible fabric structures for wave energy conversion. Plymouth

9 Novel Marine Energy Systems and Components Improve reliability and increase ability to predict wear and fatigue life of components & devices operating well away from design conditions Increasing the life of Marine Turbines by Design and Innovation: Cambridge, Cranfield

10 Environmental Interaction Understand and quantify the effects of energy extraction and modifications of flow on marine mammals, flora, fauna and sediment and the energy environment itself Large-scale Interactive Coupled 3D Modelling for Wave and Tidal Energy Resource and Environmental Impact: Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh, Strathclyde

11 Environmental Interaction Interactions of Flow, Tidal Stream Turbines and Local Sediment Bed under Combined Waves and Tidal Conditions: Dundee, Hull, Liverpool, Strathclyde EcoWatt 2050 Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Strathclyde, Swansea Large scale interactive coupled modelling of environmental impacts of marine renewable energy farms; Queens, Imperial, CEFAS

12 Fatigue Loadings and Reliability Improve reliability and increase ability to predict wear and fatigue life of components & devices operating within and well away from design conditions Accelerated lifetime testing. Exeter

13 Fatigue Loadings and Reliability Improve reliability and increase ability to predict wear and fatigue life of components & devices operating within and well away from design conditions

14 Facilities This is world-leading research capacity in 15 universities, gathered by RCUK Energy Programme in Marine. estimated 100 academics and research staff 12 wave tanks, many wave flumes 16 towing or pumped tidal current tanks 6-10 other specialised, dedicated labs

15 Facilities FloWave TT University of Edinburgh

16 Facilities FloWave TT University of Edinburgh

17 Industry Network Ocean Power Technologies, J&S Marine, Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke, JDR cable, Mojo maritime, A&P, Fred Olsen Ltd, ResHydro Ltd, Nautricity Ltd, RES Ltd, Airborne Composites BV, Wavestar, Lloyd s Register, GL Garrad Hassan, TGL, Alstom, EDF, EON, CD ADAPCO, WavEC Offshore Renewable, Wavebob Ltd, Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd, Aquamarine Power Ltd, DET Norske Veritas AS, Ansys, Arup, Bosch, Crown Estates, Gurit, Mabey Bridge Ltd, Marine Current Turbines, National Instruments, TATA, Tidal Energy Ltd, Black & Veatch, Minesto, DHI, RPS, ScotRenewables, CNC Asset, BP Exploration, Griffon Hoverwork, Atkins Global, Orcina Ltd

18 Policy & Strategy Network Renewables UK Marine Strategy Group, ETI Advisory Boards, EERA Marine, EU Ocean Energy Association, IEA Technology Initiative - Ocean Energy Systems, ORECAT, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical Committee 114, South West Marine Energy Park, Scottish Renewables Marine Working Group, Scottish Government Marine Energy Group, Marine Energy Pembrokeshire, Northern Ireland Environmental Agency, Marine Management Organisation, Scottish Government (Marine Scotland Science)

19 Capacity Building Continuing demand for trained marine energy researchers to supply both the industrial and research sectors. doctoral training courses continue but to include industrial, CPD, participants. PhD students allocated in year 1 to core and associate universities against the evolving research landscape. Student experience extended by working alongside industry led IDCORE EngD projects, and CDTORE projects directly addressing industrial challenges.

20 International Network HMRC Cork - Ireland, TU Delft-Netherlands, ECN - Nantes-France. Dalhousie University-Canada, Oregon State University, Florida Atlantic University, UMass USA. Universities of Kyoto and Nagasaki Japan, IIT Madras India, Harbin Engineering Univ, Dalian Univ of Technology, Ocean Univ China China, National Taiwan University, National Taiwan Ocean University, National Chen Kung University-Taiwan, 20 National Sun-Yat Sen University

21 Collaboration Marine energy still faces many global Grand Challenges best addressed in international partnership to deliver world-class fundamental research

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