News tagged with: offshore-renewable-energy
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Plymouth student’s research wins prestigious award
A University of Plymouth student has won a regional engineering competition for a research project which could have important implications for the future development of floating offshore wind energy.
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Study calls for action to explore potential impacts of decommissioned offshore structures
University of Plymouth news: This new study comes at a time when increasing numbers of oil and gas platforms are being phased out, but renewable energy structures are being installed in their place
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Tidal stream power can significantly enhance energy security
University of Plymouth news: A new study has shown that adopting tidal power alongside other forms of renewable energy can significantly enhance energy security and enable communities to fulfil their clean energy ambitions
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University integral to £15.6m investment in maritime innovation at Appledore
University of Plymouth news: The University has played a critical role in enabling the Appledore Clean Maritime Innovation Centre to receive £15.6m of funding from the Levelling Up Fund issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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Simulator transforms research into marine and maritime installations
University of Plymouth news: Our new Maritime Simulation Laboratory brings together a network of high-tech components that could play a critical role in the global offshore renewable energy and clean maritime sectors
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Collaboration accelerates development of offshore renewable innovations
University of Plymouth news: Collaboration accelerates development of offshore renewable innovations. The University and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have agreed to work in partnership.
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University enables company to advance offshore survey technology
Sulmara Subsea, which has bases across the world, spent two weeks working out of the University of Plymouth’s Marine Station on a series of expeditionary trials
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University partners with world-leading simulator provider to revolutionise floating offshore wind installations
A state-of-the-art Kongsberg K-Sim Dynamic Positioning (DP) simulator will soon complement the Marine Navigation Centre on the University of Plymouth’s campus
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Tidal stream power can aid drive for net-zero and generate 11% of UK’s electricity demand
New research led by the University of Plymouth shows that tidal stream power has the potential to deliver 11% of the UK’s current annual electricity and play a significant role in the government’s drive for net-zero
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University helps to create children’s book about offshore renewable energy
Academics and graduates from the University of Plymouth have helped to create Gaia’s Energy Adventure! to help four to six-year-olds understand more about the often complex world of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy
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Drones provide bird’s eye view of how turbulent tidal flows affect seabird foraging habits
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists - including researchers at the University of Plymouth - used drones to provide a synchronised bird’s eye view of what seabirds see and how their behaviour changes depending on the movement of tidal flows.
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University set to hold prestigious European wave and tidal energy conference
Leading figures from the offshore renewable energy sector will be coming to the University of Plymouth later this year after it successfully bid to host the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2021)