Supergen ORE Impact Hub 2023
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Plymouth
Department Name: Sch of Eng, Comp and Math (SECaM)
Abstract
The UK is leading the development and installation of offshore renewable energy technologies. With over 13GW of installed offshore wind capacity and another 3GW under construction, two operational and one awarded floating offshore demonstration projects as well as Contracts for Difference awards for four tidal energy projects, offshore renewable energy will provide the backbone of the Net Zero energy system, giving energy security, green growth and jobs in the UK.
The revised UK targets that underpin the Energy Security Strategy seek to grow offshore wind capacity to 50 GW, with up to 5 GW floating offshore wind by 2030. Further acceleration is envisaged beyond 2030 with targets of around 150 GW anticipated for 2050. To achieve these levels of deployment, ORE developments need to move beyond current sites to more challenging locations in deeper water, further from shore, while the increasing pace of deployment introduces major challenges in consenting, manufacture and installation. These are ambitious targets that will require strategic innovation and research to achieve the necessary technology acceleration while ensuring environmental sustainability and societal acceptance.
The role of the Supergen ORE Hub 2023 builds on the academic and scientific networks, traction with industry and policymakers and the reputation for research leadership established in the Supergen ORE Hub 2018. The new hub will utilise existing and planned research outcomes to accelerate the technology development, collaboration and industry uptake for commercial ORE developments.
The Supergen ORE Hub strategy will focus on delivering impact and knowledge transfer, underpinned by excellent research, for the benefit of the wider sector, providing research and development for the economic and social benefit of the UK. Four mechanisms for leverage are envisaged to accelerate the ORE expansion: Streamlining ORE projects, by accelerating planning, consenting and build out timescales; upscaling the ORE workforce, increasing the scale and efficiency of ORE devices and system; enhanced competitiveness, maximising ORE local content and ORE economic viability in the energy portfolio; whilst ensuring sustainability, yielding positive environmental and social benefits from ORE.
The research programme is built around five strategic workstreams, i) ORE expansion - policy and scenarios , ii) Data for ORE design and decision-making, iii) ORE modelling, iv) ORE design methods and v) Future ORE systems and concepts, which will be delivered through a combination of core research to tackle sector wide challenges in a holistic and synergistic manner, strategic projects to address emerging sector challenges and flexible funding to deliver targeted projects addressing focussed opportunities. Supergen Representative Systems will be established as a vehicle for academic and industry community engagement to provide comparative reference cases for assessing applicability of modelling tools and approaches, emerging technology and data processing techniques.
The Supergen ORE Hub outputs, research findings and sector progress will be communicated through directed networking, engagement and dissemination activities for the range of academic, industry and policy and governmental stakeholders, as well as the wider public.
Industry leverage will be achieved through new co-funding mechanisms, including industry-funded flexible funding calls, direct investment into research activities and the industry-funded secondment of researchers, with >53% industry plus >23% HEI leverage on the EPSRC investment at proposal stage.
The Hub will continue and expand its role in developing and sustaining the pipeline of talent flowing into research and industry by integrating its ECR programme with Early Career Industrialists and by enhancing its programme of EDI activities to help deliver greater diversity within the sector and to promote ORE as a rewarding and accessible career for all.
The revised UK targets that underpin the Energy Security Strategy seek to grow offshore wind capacity to 50 GW, with up to 5 GW floating offshore wind by 2030. Further acceleration is envisaged beyond 2030 with targets of around 150 GW anticipated for 2050. To achieve these levels of deployment, ORE developments need to move beyond current sites to more challenging locations in deeper water, further from shore, while the increasing pace of deployment introduces major challenges in consenting, manufacture and installation. These are ambitious targets that will require strategic innovation and research to achieve the necessary technology acceleration while ensuring environmental sustainability and societal acceptance.
The role of the Supergen ORE Hub 2023 builds on the academic and scientific networks, traction with industry and policymakers and the reputation for research leadership established in the Supergen ORE Hub 2018. The new hub will utilise existing and planned research outcomes to accelerate the technology development, collaboration and industry uptake for commercial ORE developments.
The Supergen ORE Hub strategy will focus on delivering impact and knowledge transfer, underpinned by excellent research, for the benefit of the wider sector, providing research and development for the economic and social benefit of the UK. Four mechanisms for leverage are envisaged to accelerate the ORE expansion: Streamlining ORE projects, by accelerating planning, consenting and build out timescales; upscaling the ORE workforce, increasing the scale and efficiency of ORE devices and system; enhanced competitiveness, maximising ORE local content and ORE economic viability in the energy portfolio; whilst ensuring sustainability, yielding positive environmental and social benefits from ORE.
The research programme is built around five strategic workstreams, i) ORE expansion - policy and scenarios , ii) Data for ORE design and decision-making, iii) ORE modelling, iv) ORE design methods and v) Future ORE systems and concepts, which will be delivered through a combination of core research to tackle sector wide challenges in a holistic and synergistic manner, strategic projects to address emerging sector challenges and flexible funding to deliver targeted projects addressing focussed opportunities. Supergen Representative Systems will be established as a vehicle for academic and industry community engagement to provide comparative reference cases for assessing applicability of modelling tools and approaches, emerging technology and data processing techniques.
The Supergen ORE Hub outputs, research findings and sector progress will be communicated through directed networking, engagement and dissemination activities for the range of academic, industry and policy and governmental stakeholders, as well as the wider public.
Industry leverage will be achieved through new co-funding mechanisms, including industry-funded flexible funding calls, direct investment into research activities and the industry-funded secondment of researchers, with >53% industry plus >23% HEI leverage on the EPSRC investment at proposal stage.
The Hub will continue and expand its role in developing and sustaining the pipeline of talent flowing into research and industry by integrating its ECR programme with Early Career Industrialists and by enhancing its programme of EDI activities to help deliver greater diversity within the sector and to promote ORE as a rewarding and accessible career for all.
Organisations
- University of Plymouth (Lead Research Organisation)
- BP (British Petroleum) (Collaboration)
- University of Surrey (Collaboration)
- University of Aberdeen (Collaboration)
- DNV GL (Collaboration)
- National Composites Centre (NCC) (Collaboration)
- ARUP Group (Collaboration)
- University College Cork (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- PA Consulting (Collaboration)
- Carbon Trust (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Crown Estate (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- Ministry of Defence (MOD) (Collaboration)
- University of Dundee (Collaboration)
- Aviva (Collaboration)
- Queen's University Belfast (Collaboration)
- University of Exeter (Collaboration)
- Wave Energy Scotland (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- Mocean Energy (Collaboration)
- Ocean University of China (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Marine Scotland Science (MSS) (Collaboration)
- Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- EDF Energy (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (Collaboration)
- University of Maine (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- University of Plymouth (Collaboration)
- University of Oxford (Collaboration)
- University of Strathclyde (Collaboration)
- University of Southampton (Collaboration)
- Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (Collaboration)
- Aura Innovation (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- University of Western Australia (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY CATAPULT (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Marine Energy Wales (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- European Marine Energy Centre, Orkney (Collaboration)
- Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (Collaboration)
- RenewableUK (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Energy Systems Catapult Ltd (Collaboration)
- Marine Power Systems Ltd (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- U.S. Department of Energy (Collaboration)
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS (Collaboration)
- Energy Systems Catapult (Project Partner)
- Offshore Wind Consultants Limited (UK) (Project Partner)
- Arup (Project Partner)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Marine Management Organisation (Project Partner)
- UK Marine Energy Council (Project Partner)
- GE Grid Solutions (UK) Ltd (Project Partner)
- Pacific Marine Energy Centre (Project Partner)
- EDF Energy R&D UK Centre Limited (Project Partner)
- Aviva Plc (Project Partner)
- Fred. Olsen Seawind Ltd. (Project Partner)
- FRS Marine Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Celtic Sea Power (Project Partner)
- PA Consulting Group (Project Partner)
- University of Bristol (Project Partner)
- Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (Project Partner)
- France Energies Marine (Project Partner)
- The European Marine Energy Centre Limited (Project Partner)
- Gazelle Wind Power (Project Partner)
- Marine Alliance for Sci & Tech (MASTS) (Project Partner)
- The Crown Estate (Project Partner)
- National Composites Centre (Project Partner)
- Ocean Winds UK Ltd (Project Partner)
- ThakeConsult (Project Partner)
- Renewables Consulting Group (Project Partner)
- Vercity (Project Partner)
- DNV Services UK Limited (Project Partner)
- Orsted (Project Partner)
- BP (Project Partner)
- Eleven Integration (Project Partner)
- Pacific Ocean Energy Trust (Project Partner)
Publications
Ali K
(2025)
Direct integration of non-axisymmetric Gaussian wind-turbine wake including yaw and wind-veer effects
in Wind Energy Science
Ali K
(2023)
Assessment of Five Wind-Farm Parameterizations in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model: A Case Study of Wind Farms in the North Sea
in Monthly Weather Review
Ali K
(2024)
A diffusion-based wind turbine wake model
in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Barron J
(2024)
Seismic performance of shared suction caisson anchors installed in liquefiable sand for floating offshore wind turbines
in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
| Description | Celtic Sea All Party Parliamentary Group - Providing expert evidence |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Celtic Sea All Party Parliamentary Group - Providing expert evidence |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.parallelparliament.co.uk/APPG/celtic-sea |
| Description | DESNZ - Contracts for Difference for Low Carbon Electricity Generation Consultation on Introducing a CfD Sustainable Industry Reward Scheme |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Delivering Net Zero: the Role of Offshore Renewable Energy. A COP28 Briefing Note |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/uploads/resources/Supergen-ORE-Hub-Delivering-Net-Zero-the-role-of-Offshore... |
| Description | Invited to contribute to ORE Catapult advice on Regional Ecosystem Monitoring Programme (REMP) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Impact | The proposed framework for how a Regional Ecosystem Monitoring Programme (REMP) might operate is suggested, with the role of innovative technology in enabling a monitoring programme at a regional scale and the importance of standardising and streamlining data management and environmental impact assessment (EIA) reporting. All have the potential to streamline the data gathering, analysis and decision making. The ORE Catapult suggest that this approach will cut down consenting time by 40%. |
| URL | https://cms.ore.catapult.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/LUN2629_REMP-report_AW_3_digital_DP.pdf |
| Description | Offshore Renewable Energy Outlook 2040 Report |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/uploads/resources/Final-version-Supergen-ORE-Hub-2040-ORE-Outlook-report.pd... |
| Description | Offshore Wind Industrial Growth Plan/Supergen ORE Hub 2040 outlook report mapping workshop |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Description | Policy roundtable session - Department of Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Ongoing collaboration with UK policymakers to develop the UK ORE policy landscape |
| Description | Policymakers toolkit report - 2023 UK Ocean Energy Review |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| URL | http://www.supergen-ore.net/uploads/resources/Policy-and-Innovation-Group-UK-Ocean-Energy-Review-202... |
| Description | Policymakers toolkit report - Research and Innovation for Wave and Tidal Stream in the UK and EU - A 2023 Summary |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/uploads/Research_and_innovation_for_wave_and_tidal_stream_-_a_2023_review.p... |
| Description | Policymakers toolkit report - UK power system benefits through deployment of marine energy technologies |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/uploads/resources/Supergen-March-2023-v-online_2023-06-19-081116_unht.pdf |
| Description | Supergen/DESNZ Policy roundtable meeting |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Description | Times Higher Education Publication - 'It's time to turn the tide on our clean energy ambitions' |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/its-time-turn-tide-our-clean-energy-ambitions |
| Description | UK Government Climate Change Select Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | An origami inspired wave energy converter through direct energy generation |
| Amount | £99,616 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 02/2025 |
| Description | EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience |
| Amount | £6,199,111 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/Y034732/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2024 |
| End | 09/2032 |
| Description | Enabling Sustainable Wind Energy Expansion in Seasonally Stratified Seas (eSWEETS3) |
| Amount | £102,791 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/X005577/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2024 |
| End | 04/2027 |
| Description | GW-SHIFT: Great Western Supercluster of Hydrogen Impact for Future Technologies |
| Amount | £2,707,041 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/Y023994/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2024 |
| End | 01/2028 |
| Description | Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) |
| Amount | £19,903,412 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V027050/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 05/2024 |
| Description | Mocean Plymouth MLER Testing Project |
| Amount | £38,891 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Mocean Energy |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 07/2024 |
| Description | Offshore Wind Accelerator: Idealised Mega-Cluster Modelling |
| Amount | £1 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Carbon Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 06/2024 |
| Description | Origami-adapted wave energy converter through direct energy generation |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2023 |
| End | 08/2024 |
| Description | PELAgIO: Physics-to-Ecosystem Level Assessment of Impacts of Offshore Windfarms |
| Amount | £547,188 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/X008835/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2022 |
| End | 08/2025 |
| Description | R&D Solutions Fund by Enterprise Solutions collaboration between University of Plymouth and Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Limited |
| Amount | £31,204 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Plymouth |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2023 |
| End | 04/2025 |
| Description | STREAM 2: EPSRC Place Based IAA (PB-IAA);Northern Net Zero Accelerator - Energy Systems Integration for a Decarbonised Economy |
| Amount | £5,363,727 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/Y024052/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2024 |
| End | 01/2028 |
| Description | Supergen ORE Hub - Early Career Researcher Fund for model of Demonstrator of a wind turbine platform carrying equipment for hydrogen |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2023 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | TRANSitions In Energy For Coastal Communities Over Time And Space (TRANSECTS) |
| Amount | £2,402,675 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/Z502649/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 03/2028 |
| Description | Transient Stability Assessment of GB Power System based on Real-Time Phasor-EMT Simulations |
| Amount | £354,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Grid UK |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2023 |
| End | 06/2028 |
| Description | UKRI IAA - Investigate the influence of operating conditions on tidal turbines at partner site |
| Amount | £9,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2024 |
| End | 04/2024 |
| Description | UoP EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account project on short design events for the prediction of design loads |
| Amount | £103,438 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Plymouth |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2022 |
| End | 08/2023 |
| Description | Activity support partner - Aviva Plc |
| Organisation | Aviva |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Co-fund 4 year industry PhD student, attending events and supporting activities |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Activity support partner - Marine Alliance for Sci & Tech (MASTS) |
| Organisation | Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Attending events and supporting activities |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes and planning |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Activity support partner - Marine Energy Wales |
| Organisation | Marine Energy Wales |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Attending events and supporting activities |
| Impact | Attending events and supporting activities |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Activity support partner - Marine Management Organisation (MMO) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Department | Marine Management Organisation (MMO) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Attending events and supporting activities |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Activity support partner - Ocean University of China |
| Organisation | Ocean University of China |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supporting events, visit exchanges and review of Flexible Funds |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Activity support partner - PA Consulting Group |
| Organisation | PA Consulting |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, Review of Flexible Fund proposals, event attendance, and dissemination of activities |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Activity support partner - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| Organisation | U.S. Department of Energy |
| Department | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Attending events, review of Flexible Fund proposals |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Activity support partner - University College Cork |
| Organisation | University College Cork |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Engagement and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Attending events and supporting activities |
| Impact | Engagement and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member |
| Organisation | Marine Scotland Science (MSS) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Collaborating and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advisory Board, attending events and review of Flex Fund proposals |
| Impact | Collaborating and sharing of research outcomes, and providing advice on latest research |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - Arup Group |
| Organisation | Arup Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advisory Board member, attending events, review of Flexible Fund proposals |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - BP (UK) |
| Organisation | BP (British Petroleum) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | X4 3 month PDRA projects, Advisory Board member, attending events, review of Flexible Fund proposals |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - DNV Services UK Limited |
| Organisation | DNV GL |
| Department | DNV GL, UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Host 3month PDRA project, Advisory Board member, attending events, review of Flexible Fund proposals, contribution to representative systems research |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - EDF Energy Plc (UK) |
| Organisation | EDF Energy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes and Advisory Board support |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advisory Board, events, review FlexFund proposals |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes and Advisory Board support |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - Energy Systems Catapult |
| Organisation | Energy Systems Catapult Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes and Advisory Board support |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advisory Board member, attending events, review of Flexible Funding proposals |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes and Advisory Board support |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - European Marine Energy Centre |
| Organisation | European Marine Energy Centre, Orkney |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advisory Board attendance, events, review of Flex Fund proposals |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - JNCC (Joint Nature Conservation Committee) |
| Organisation | Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advisory Board member, attending events, review of Flexible Fund proposals |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - Marine Power Systems |
| Organisation | Marine Power Systems Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advisory Board member, attending events, review of Flexible Fund proposals |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - National Composites Centre |
| Organisation | National Composites Centre (NCC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | X4 3 month PDRA projects and Advisory Board member, attending events, review of Flexible Fund proposals |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - Renewable UK |
| Organisation | RenewableUK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes and Advisory Board support |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advisory Board member, attending events, review of Flexible Funding proposals |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes and Advisory Board support |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy |
| Organisation | Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advisory Board member, attending activities and events |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - The Carbon Trust |
| Organisation | Carbon Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes, and supporting Advisory Board activities |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advisory Board member, attending events, review of Flexible Funding proposals |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes, and supporting Advisory Board activities |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - The Crown Estate |
| Organisation | Crown Estate |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advisory Board member, attending events, review of Flexible Fund proposals |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - University of Maine |
| Organisation | University of Maine |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Review of Flex Fund proposals, event attendance and dissemination |
| Impact | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member - Wave Energy Scotland |
| Organisation | Wave Energy Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Flexible Funding match contribution, Advisory Board, events, review of Flex Fund proposals |
| Impact | Flexible Funding match contribution, Advisory Board, events, review of Flex Fund proposals |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Board member and staff time for Impact Officer - Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult |
| Organisation | Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes, Advisory Board support and impact officer contribution to supporting collaboration |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data from Levenmouth Demo Turbine and Impact Officer contribution and Advisory Board time |
| Impact | Data from Levenmouth Demo Turbine and Impact Officer contribution and Advisory Board time |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - A novel hybrid aero-hydro-servo-elastic-mooring numerical model for floating offshore wind turbines |
| Organisation | University of Aberdeen |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £4000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - Actuator line methods for non-conventional ORE applications |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £4000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - Demonstrator of a wind turbine platform carrying equipment for hydrogen developed by ERM |
| Organisation | University of Plymouth |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £4000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - Development of a multipurpose hinged raft floating platform for wave energy extraction and offshore wind foundation |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £7100 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - Digital twin-enhanced O & M in ORE |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £4000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - Drone-based Wind Turbine Surface Damage Detection |
| Organisation | University of Plymouth |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £4000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - Enhancing Sustainability of Offshore Energy through Improved Lifetime Assessment of Polymer Composites |
| Organisation | University of Surrey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £4000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - High Cycle Loading Responses for Micropile Anchors for Floating Offshore wind |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £4000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - On the evaluation of response conditioned short design episodes for the prediction of design loads of a spar type floating wind turbine in the presence of currents |
| Organisation | University of Plymouth |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £4000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - Origami-adapted Wave Energy Converter through Direct Energy Generation |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £4000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - Predicting Jacket and Anchor Pile Foundation Response for Offshore Wind Turbines to Monotonic and Cyclic Loading: Numerical and Experimental Simulations |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £4000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - Predicting the response of monopile foundations to storm loading from laboratory test data |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £4000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - Test Rig Development for Verification and Validation of AI-driven Autonomous Structural Health Monitoring of Offshore Wind Turbine Towers |
| Organisation | University of Exeter |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £4000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - WaveTide: Wave Effects on a Benchmark Tidal Energy Device |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £4000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | ECR Research Fund Award - Wide-Bandgap Power Electronics Topologies for Wave Energy Dielectric Elastomer Generators |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ECR Research Fund Award of £4000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of ECR Research Fund Award with delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | ECR Research Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected within 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - ASAMES: Advanced Stress Analysis for Optimised Marine Energy Structures |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £99,962 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of Flexible Fund Award and delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | Flexible Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected in 12 months |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - An origami inspired wave energy converter through direct energy generation |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £99600 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of Flexible Fund Award and delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | Flexible Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected in 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - Assessment anf Mitigation of Water Tree Formation in Futute 132kV Wet-type Dynamic Cables |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £100000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of Flexible Fund Award and delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | Flexible Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected in 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - Design and develppment of a new generation of dielectric elastomer generators for wave applications |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £100000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of Flexible Fund Award and delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | Flexible Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected in 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - Effect of creep and tensile cyclic loads on serviceability of rock anchoring systems for floating ORE mooring |
| Organisation | University of Dundee |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £99986 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of Flexible Fund Award and delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | Flexible Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected in 12 months |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - EnviroClass: pioneering innovative environmental conditions classification to unlock standardization and mass manufacturing of floating offshore wind turbines |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £99885 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of Flexible Fund Award and delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | Flexible Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected in 12 months |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - High Resolution Field Assessment of Inflow and Wake Fields |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £99963 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of Flexible Fund Award and delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | Flexible Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected in 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - Maximising potential of shallow ports for floating offshore wind deployment |
| Organisation | University of Aberdeen |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £75000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of Flexible Fund Award and delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | Flexible Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected in 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - NextGen Anchor Design: Harnessing the potential of probabilistic surrogates and seabed evolution modelling |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £92,461 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of Flexible Fund Award and delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | Flexible Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected in 12 months |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - Offshore Wind Turbine Life Extension Monitoring |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £100000 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of Flexible Fund Award and delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | Flexible Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected in 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - POUNDS: Prediction Of UNquantifieD losseS from offshore wind farm wakes |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £96,882 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of Flexible Fund Award and delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | Flexible Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected in 12 months |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - Permeable tip new-concept control on turbine tip vortex and cavitation |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £99971 for research project to be conducted |
| Collaborator Contribution | Completion of research project awarded |
| Impact | Outcomes not found yet |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - Pressure cycling control on flow and soil deformation for suction caisson installation |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £99787 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of Flexible Fund Award and delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | Flexible Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected in 12 months |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - Pressure cycling control on flow and soil deformation for suction caisson installation |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Award of £99835.61 to University of Strathclyde to undertake Flexible Funding Award |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of competitively allocated Flexible Funding Award |
| Impact | No outcomes have yet to be achieved |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - Reliable corrosion fatigue predicitions using physically-based models |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £99,059 to University of Oxford to deliver research |
| Collaborator Contribution | Completion of competitively allocated Flexible Funding Award |
| Impact | Outcomes have yet to be achieved |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flexible Funding Award - Validating environmental monitoring systems for floating tidal stream turbines |
| Organisation | University of the Highlands and Islands |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Flexible Funding Award of £99,967 to deliver research project in line with competitive award process |
| Collaborator Contribution | Delivery of Flexible Fund Award and delivery of outputs as set out in competitive process |
| Impact | Flexible Fund Award has only just started, outcomes/outputs are expected in 12 months |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | GW SHIFT SPRINT Hydrogen-based micro-grid energy system modelling |
| Organisation | Ministry of Defence (MOD) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The application builds on research carried out by the University of Plymouth since April 2022 on the combination of offshore renewable energy (ORE) with reversible solid oxide cells (rSOC) (EP/W003732/1). This project is one of several projects involving 3 other universities (Imperial College London as the lead, University of St Andrews, University of Warwick). The project is to come to an end in May 2025. The work of the University of Plymouth, led by Deborah Greaves (PI) and Robert Rawlinson-Smith (Co-I), consists in examining energy system modelling and cost optimisation of a wind farm combined with hydrogen production. Both the cases of onshore and offshore hydrogen production are examined, for which optimised capacities for electrolysers and hydrogen storage are determined. The model is given the choice between dedicated hydrogen production (requiring only electrolyser mode) and reversible hydrogen production (making use of the ability of rSOC to also work in fuel cell mode), where all or part of the hydrogen produced is converted into electricity. The research has found that electricity prices as well as hydrogen prices play an important role in the decision-making as to whether to install any electrical cables and use pipelines for hydrogen produced offshore instead. The modelling also includes some details such as different efficiencies for different power input or output. Heat storage is also included to make use of waste heat from fuel cell mode for increased efficiencies in electrolyser mode in the case of reversible hydrogen production. Initial results are now available but research on optimisation of location for hydrogen production (decision on whether to make hydrogen onshore or offshore, or both) will complete in May 2024. Initial investigation of comparing the results for a wave or tidal farm to the results for a wind farm show that the capacity factor of the relevant ORE farm plays a role, as well as the distance to shore (impacting length and cost of subsea cable connection and pipeline) in the decision-making process. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The approach taken for energy system modelling is considered relevant to the work by the MoD, who have been using a fuel cell at the Devonport base in Plymouth for providing electricity to electric cars, to avoid excessive demand on the grid. The MoD are now looking into developing a local, modular hydrogen production plant using power from a waste to energy plant or from small scale renewable harvesting. This would be a pilot project for the MoD that would be used to inform further investigation into micro-grids based on renewable energy sources and hydrogen, in a variety of situations and locations especially where the local electricity grid cannot be used and autonomy in the matter of energy supply is very important. This solution could apply equally to remote or electrical capacity limited civilian locations. |
| Impact | Too early Project due to start 1 July 2025 |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | International collaboration - University of Western Australia |
| Organisation | University of Western Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Review of Flex Fund proposals, event attendance and dissemination of research outcomes |
| Impact | Review of Flex Fund proposals, event attendance and dissemination of research outcomes |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | PDRA 3 month buyout scheme for research projects - Mocean Energy Ltd |
| Organisation | Mocean Energy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Research Project Activities 1. Mocean will design, construct and loan a physical model of the WEC with a hinge angle sensor. The University will loan (to Mocean, at Mocean's risk) one (or two) 6-dof load cell(s) to be fitted into a mount (provided by Mocean) between the nacelle and the hull(s). The University will provide Qualisys motion tracking equipment, including targets, and liaise with Mocean on the design of the Qualisys mounts for the targets on the model. The University will provide lightweight load cells for sensing the mooring loads. The University T will provide to Mocean use of its wave tank for such periods as are agreed by the Parties in writing, and instrumentation specifications that will allow the designing of the model and fixing of model scale. 2. University personnel being Dr Scott Brown (PDRA) plus academic support plus COAST technical support, will assist in the development and testing of the methods for establishing the requisite wavetrains for exciting the WEC MLER. It is expected that determining the hinge angle MLER will be the initial task, followed by mooring and structural ULS. 3. Mocean personnel, in consultation with the University's personnel, will devise a test plan that meets the Mocean goals and is adapted to the COAST capability. 4. The University will carry out wave tank testing at COAST. Mocean personnel will also attend, and the testing will be carried out collaboratively. Video recordings of the tests will be made, synchronised with the model and motion capture recordings. 5. Initial tests will include regular waves to determine the model WEC RAO, and irregular waves; the latter should be sufficient in length and number to inform the construction of the MLER wavetrains, and to provide sufficient fallback data for a conventional analysis. That done, the MLER tests can proceed, with wavetrains derived from representative spectra and realised according to the MLER principles. The repeatability of each wavetrain, and of its effects on the model will be examined. 6. The University will process and analyse the data and provide both raw and processed data to Mocean. It is intended that this process will also be collaborative, with virtual meetings (typically at bi-weekly intervals) to support progress. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research Project Activities 1. Mocean will design, construct and loan a physical model of the WEC with a hinge angle sensor. The University will loan (to Mocean, at Mocean's risk) one (or two) 6-dof load cell(s) to be fitted into a mount (provided by Mocean) between the nacelle and the hull(s). The University will provide Qualisys motion tracking equipment, including targets, and liaise with Mocean on the design of the Qualisys mounts for the targets on the model. The University will provide lightweight load cells for sensing the mooring loads. The University T will provide to Mocean use of its wave tank for such periods as are agreed by the Parties in writing, and instrumentation specifications that will allow the designing of the model and fixing of model scale. 2. University personnel being Dr Scott Brown (PDRA) plus academic support plus COAST technical support, will assist in the development and testing of the methods for establishing the requisite wavetrains for exciting the WEC MLER. It is expected that determining the hinge angle MLER will be the initial task, followed by mooring and structural ULS. 3. Mocean personnel, in consultation with the University's personnel, will devise a test plan that meets the Mocean goals and is adapted to the COAST capability. 4. The University will carry out wave tank testing at COAST. Mocean personnel will also attend, and the testing will be carried out collaboratively. Video recordings of the tests will be made, synchronised with the model and motion capture recordings. 5. Initial tests will include regular waves to determine the model WEC RAO, and irregular waves; the latter should be sufficient in length and number to inform the construction of the MLER wavetrains, and to provide sufficient fallback data for a conventional analysis. That done, the MLER tests can proceed, with wavetrains derived from representative spectra and realised according to the MLER principles. The repeatability of each wavetrain, and of its effects on the model will be examined. 6. The University will process and analyse the data and provide both raw and processed data to Mocean. It is intended that this process will also be collaborative, with virtual meetings (typically at bi-weekly intervals) to support progress. |
| Impact | To investigate Most Likely Extreme Response (MLER) methods as a means of determining maximum hinge angles, ultimate load states (ULS) for the hull structure, and maximum mooring loads. In the longer term, we anticipate that MLER will save time and effort compared to model testing in long and numerous realisations of irregular waves and will provide results with improved confidence |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Research Alignment Group member - Aura Innovation |
| Organisation | Aura Innovation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outcomes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research Align Board, events, review of Flex Fund proposals |
| Impact | Research Align Board, events, review of Flex Fund proposals |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Research support partner - CEFAS |
| Organisation | Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration and sharing of research outputs |
| Collaborator Contribution | Attending events/workshops & Flex Fund reviews |
| Impact | Attending events/workshops & Flex Fund reviews |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | 10th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance and presentations given at 10th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering: "Numerical modelling of stiffness and damping evolution of offshore monopile foundations under lateral cyclic loading" by I.O. Aghedo (Newcastle University) "Performance of shared suction caisson anchors for floating offshore wind turbines subject to seismic loading with varying orientation" JR Barron (Newcastle University) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 10th PRIMaRE Conference 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition stand and presentations at the 10th PRIMARE conference at the University of Bath |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/10th-primare-conference-2023 |
| Description | 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference - Bilbao - Tidal Benchmarking workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Tidal Turbine Benchmarking Project is a community engagement project which seeks to develop best practice in the use of engineering models for the analysis of the hydrodynamic loads experienced by tidal turbines. The Project has been jointly funded by the EPSRC Fellowship grant EP/R007322/1 (Tidal Stream Energy - Designing for Performance) and the EPSRC Supergen ORE Hub EP/S000747/1.The Project seeks to improve engineering models for tidal rotors through highly instrumented controlled experiments, followed by model blind-prediction and evaluation across an international industry and academic community. The rationale for the project is that uncertainty in the prediction of the steady and unsteady loading of tidal turbines, especially in hostile unsteady environments dominated by waves, shear and turbulence, leads to conservatism in design. Uncertainties can stem from difficult-to-measure field conditions, uncertainty in physical process that generate fluid loads, and associated modelling errors. In order to reduce this conservatism, the limitations and errors associated with the mathematical and engineering models used in turbine design must be understood and improved. This requires large-scale experimental data for model assessment and validation. The project has conducting large-scale model experiments on a highly instrumented 1.6m diameter tidal rotor. The turbine is instrumented for the measurement of spanwise distributions of flapwise and edgewise bending moments using one hundred strain gauges and a fibre Bragg optical system, as well as overall rotor torque and thrust. The turbine has been tested in well-defined flow conditions, including wave-generated unsteadiness and grid-generated freestream turbulence, and was towed through the 12.2m wide, 5.4m deep long towing tank at QinetiQ's Haslar facility. These experiments are unprecedented in their scale and available measurement data (Tucker Harvey et al. 2023). The Benchmarking project has not just produced engineering model improvement and related analyses, but has brought the community of engineers and researchers working on tidal turbine loading together. This has been extremely positive and has led to a number of very cooperative and community supporting developments. The project has run around 10 workshops; physical workshops engaging a wide participant base at the EWTEC conferences in Plymouth (2021) and in Bilbao (2023), and virtual workshops engaging with participants in the benchmarking exercise, device developers and engineering consultancies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance and presentation at 33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference: "The Seismic performance of suction caisson anchors subjected to tensile loading for floating offshore wind turbines" presented by JR Barron (Newcastle University) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 39th International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, St Andrews |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies is an annual meeting of mathematicians and engineers with a particular interest in water waves and their effects on floating and submerged marine structures. Professor D.V. Evans (University of Bristol) and Professor J.N. Newman (MIT) initiated the IWWWFB following informal meetings between their research groups in 1984. First intended to promote communications between workers in the UK and the USA, the interest and participation quickly spread to include researchers from many other countries around the world. The workshop places particular emphasis on the involvement of younger researchers, on the stimulation of discussions between engineers and scientists, and to the presentation of preliminary basic scientific work before its publication elsewhere. The workshop is an important reference point for organizing and spreading knowledge in this area. In particular, the workshop proceedings are freely accessible through the dedicated internet address www.iwwwfb.org where all contributions from 1986 on can be found. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://sites.dundee.ac.uk/iwwwfb2024/ |
| Description | APPG for the Celtic Sea - Making Floating Offshore Wind a Reality in the South West |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to APPG Celtic Sea Group on the Impact of FLOW on the South West Economy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | All Energy 2023 - SEC Glasgow |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition stand at the All Energy 2023 conference and exhibition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/all-energy-exhibition-and-conference-2024 |
| Description | All Energy Panel: Marine and FoW consenting: How to streamline the process |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Part of Panel to discuss ways to speed up consenting for offshore floating wind |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.all-energy.co.uk/en-gb/conference.html |
| Description | All-Energy and Dcarbonise 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | he University of Plymouth attended the All-Energy and Dcarbonise exhibitions in Glasgow, the meeting place for the renewable and low-carbon energy community. All-Energy is the largest event in the UK that promotes low-carbon energy and renewable energy supply chains. The main objective of this event is to unite the renewable energy community for two days of uninterrupted business, networking, and creating new connections. The co-located Dcarbonise event is specifically designed for energy end-users in both the private and public sectors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/all-energy-exhibition-and-conference |
| Description | Archer2 Celebration of Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | "Introduction to the HEC-WSI", presented by Raynold (Yiyun) Tan, ARCHER2 Celebration of Science, Edinburgh, March 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | BBC Inside Science Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "That's the end of coal in the UK for electricity." The UK's last coal-fired power station has closed, ending Britain's 142-year reliance on coal. But what difference will the closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar make - and could it mark a new dawn for clean energy? After 20 years of research into microplastics and headline upon headline on their potential harms, how much do we really know about these tiny particles? Also this week, Marnie turns lab rat for a navigation experiment, and why are we all so obsessed with Moo Deng? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023gmz |
| Description | BBC World Service - The Climate Question, October 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview for the BBC world service around the role of ORE in tackling the climate crisis |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Board-Executive-Councils Conference - British Antarctic Survey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | British Antarctic Survey board meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | COP28 UN Climate Change Conferences 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Exhibiting and participating in panel sessions at Climate Change talks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | COP29 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | COP29, or the United Nations Climate Change Conference, is a climate summit that took place in Azerbaijan. The summit was called "the first finance COP" because it focused on how to fund the global transition to zero carbon emissions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://unfccc.int/cop29 |
| Description | Cardiff Scientific Society talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Cardiff Scientific Society talk on offshore renewables including Celtic sea developments |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Celtic Sea APPG, Making Floating Offshore Wind a Reality in Wales |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Providing evidence to an All Party Political Group on Celtic Sea development |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Celtic Sea All Parliamentary Party Group - London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Providing expert panel advice at Celtic Sea All Parliamentary Party Group - London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) Event - Plymouth Marine Station - Welcome address |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) Event - Plymouth Marine Station - Welcome address |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | CoSeC Annual Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | "Multiscale Universal Interface for Heterogeneous High-Performance Computing Systems", Omar Mahfoze, CoSeC annual conference and Computing Insight UK 2023, Manchester, 6th-8th December 2023. It is a presentation by CCP-WSI CoSeC staff at the annual CoSeC conference and Computing Insight UK 2023, which attracted about 75 academic researchers from various CoSeC-supported disciplines. The talk highlighted the excellence of CCP-WSI outputs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration with ORE Catapult on Regional Approaches |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Creation of a publication and press release |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://ore.catapult.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/new-report-sets-out-a-route-to-transform-env... |
| Description | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero - Policy Roundtable Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion regarding IGP/Supergen ORE Hub development - 2040 outlook report, technology innovation vs service/deployment innovation and GB Energy developments |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Devon County Show |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition stand at the Devon County Show, providing information to the general public on ORE technology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/the-devon-county-show |
| Description | ECR Forum, Supergen ORE Assembly |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Poster+2 minute poster pitch with one slide |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Early Career Researcher Autumn Forum 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | To allow ECRs to convene, exchange ideas, and expand their professional networks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | European Marine Board Webinar: Ecosystem effects of offshore windfarms: How to understand and use them for a sustainable future' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Webinar for European and wider audience to go over issues in new European Marine Board Report on Offshore Energy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.marineboard.eu/events/emb-science-webinar-ecosystem-effects-offshore-windfarms-understan... |
| Description | European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference is now in its 15th year and presents a robust understanding of marine energy technologies for the benefit of society. This year the conference was held in Bilbao, Spain and the Supergen ORE Hub attended as a sponsor with a presence in the Networking and Sponsors area where we enjoyed meeting with people from all over the world interested in the progress of ocean energy research. The Supergen ORE Hub offered participants a chance to learn about the findings of the Tidal Turbine Benchmarking project in an afternoon seminar on the penultimate day of the conference. Professor Richard Willden - Professor of Engineering Science from the University of Oxford and Supergen ORE Hub Co-Director - along with the project's Co-Author Dr Xiaosheng Chen - Postdoctoral Research Assistant from the University of Oxford - presented to a full room with standing room only, summarising the benchmarking study and opening a discussion around impact and next steps. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/european-wave-and-tidal-energy-conference |
| Description | FUTURES 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Funded by UK Research and Innovation, FUTURES 2024 was a fabulous series of events that brought research to life, inviting participants to get creative, ask questions, and try new things. Thank you to everyone who joined us this year! As a hub of outstanding research and innovation, the Southwest showcased projects that address some of society's biggest challenges and make a real difference. The festival celebrated groundbreaking initiatives at local universities, helping to shape a brighter future for all. Research is all about curiosity, creativity, and hands-on exploration-and at Futures 2024, the public had a chance to experience this first-hand! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/futures |
| Description | Floating Offshore Wind: what does the South West need to do? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on the challenges for the south West on how to accelerate the development of Floating Offshore Wind in the Celtic Sea |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Global Offshore Wind Exhibition and Conference - Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Celebrating the sector "coming of age" and reaching maturity and scale in 2024. In 2025, the conference will focus on the urgent actions needed to reach UK and global offshore wind deployment goals for 2030. Our programme "Mission: Possible", launching soon, will highlight the urgency and ambition of reaching our clean energy missions over the next few years, while emphasising they are within reach. Offshore wind is a crucial part of the UK Government's "missions" for the energy sector and economic growth, but also for development around the world. With keynotes planned from prominent speakers representing the UK and global picture, the event will help shape your understanding of a mature and rapidly evolving offshore wind industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.renewableuk.com/events/global-offshore-wind-2025/gow25/ |
| Description | Green Man Festival 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Supergen ORE Hub enjoyed another opportunity to showcase the wonders of offshore renewable energy at Einstein's Gardens at the Green Man Festival. The Supergen ORE Hub stall was part of a science engagement area and welcomed over 1000 young visitors to engage with fun and creative activities that demonstrate how we can create energy from the wind and the sea. Our stall allowed the young visitors to create their own waves in the mini-wave tanks, design paper wind turbines and join a storytime with a reading from our children's book to hear about the adventure Gaia has when her polar bear teddy comes to life and takes her on an exploration of wind, wave and tidal energy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/green-man-festival |
| Description | Green Man Festival 2024 - Einstein's Garden |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Green Man Festival is an independent music, science and arts festival held annually in mid-August in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. Green Man has evolved into a 25,000 capacity week long event, showcasing predominantly live music (in particular alternative, indie, rock, folk, dance and Americana). The festival site is divided into 10 areas, hosting literature, film, comedy, science, theatre, wellness and family acts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.greenman.net/ |
| Description | High Value Manufacturing Centre and Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Parliamentary Reception |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Address to policymakers on development of ORE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Innovate UK Catapult Network Parliamentary Reception |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Innovate UK Catapult Network Parliamentary Reception on offshore renewable energy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Institution of Civil Engineers Beyond Brunel Net Zero Podcast 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview provided to ICE podcast on ORE and unlocking South West England vision |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ice.org.uk/news-insight/news-and-blogs/latest-news/news/new-beyond-brunel-podcast-south-... |
| Description | International SEER Webinar: Oceanographic Responses to Offshore Wind: From First Principles to Potential Effects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave overviews on following topics • Interpreting results from different regions: How can we learn from research occurring in other regions with different oceanographic conditions, especially when findings for one region are not necessarily transferable to another region? • Policy related question: How might results from these studies be used to inform planning, siting, or development? • How to bring ecology into the studies: When relying on physics-based models, how do you ensure ecological processes are well captured or represented? • Additional Data: In an ideal world, what data would be most helpful for informing research that uses models to investigate the potential effects of offshore wind on oceanographic and ecosystem processes? • Understanding results in a changing climate: How is climate change accounted for in this type of research? As potential effects of offshore wind are studied, how do you distinguish these effects from climate change-induced effects on the environment? • Model validation: How do you validate these models to ensure accuracy? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://masts.ac.uk/event/seer-webinar-oceanographic-responses-to-offshore-wind-from-first-principle... |
| Description | International Scientific Committee of the One Ocean Science Congress |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Providing expert advice to a new international committee on protecting and developing the worlds ocean resources |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Interview for BBC investigative coverage of offshore wind issues |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Providing information for an article for BBC Future about the comparative impact of offshore wind farms and oil drilling on wildlife, especially seabirds and marine mammals. The news hook was the policy shift in the US from wind to drilling, but the feature gathers evidence from places that have experienced and studied both energy sources - to explore interesting research, as well as solutions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250129-oil-vs-wind-which-is-worse-for-birds-and-whales |
| Description | Interview for opinion piece in 'Energy Voice' publication |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Interview for opinion piece in 'Energy Voice' publication |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.energyvoice.com/ |
| Description | Interview for opinion piece in 'Gas Network' publication |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview for an opinion piece in the 'Gas Network' publication |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited Presentation: 7th Conference on Wind energy and Wildlife impacts - CWW 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented to audience of Offshore Developers and Researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cww2023.org/ |
| Description | Invited Speaker, THE Campus Live, Birmingham, December 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Speaker, THE Campus Live, Birmingham, December 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Launch of the Supergen Offshore Renewable Outlook 2040 Report: Building a Sustainable and Competitive Offshore Renewable Energy Sector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We were delighted to host an event connecting representatives from across the offshore renewable energy community to discuss how we can accelerate sector growth and achieve the rapid expansion needed to meet Net Zero targets. The event, sponsored by the University of Plymouth, opened with a presentation from Professor Deborah Greaves, who shared pivotal insights from the ORE Outlook 2040 report, highlighting the critical role of offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy in mitigating the climate crisis and research and innovation can reduce the scale of the task. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/news-and-events/engaging-the-offshore-renewable-energy-sector-ore-outlook-2... |
| Description | Local Perspectives on COP29: A just transition to a Green World |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | COP29's theme of 'In Solidarity for a Green World' set out ambitious aims to address climate change challenges. 90 days on we want to reflect and look forward to what this means in terms the actions we are taking locally. This online event will draw together academic speakers and industry and community leaders to discuss how research can address the challenges of global climate action. The lunchtime event will include a panel of speakers on the topic of a just, orderly and equitable energy transition and an audience discussion. The event, co-organised by the University of Plymouth (UK), University College Cork (Ireland) and UMass (Lowell) (USA), will demonstrate how collaboration can be an approach to addressing global challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/local-perspectives-on-cop29-a-just-transition-to-a-green-world |
| Description | Marine Energy Panel chair All Energy 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Chairing of panel of experts from across industry and academia on the development of the marine energy sector in the UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Marine Futures with Petroc College |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition and demonstration stand at Petroc college to engage with general public and students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/marine-futures-with-petroc-college |
| Description | Masterclass on Advanced Experimental Fluid Mechanics for Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This 1-day Masterclass is designed to give a detailed introduction to the research and development support that physical modelling can provide for ORE. We focus on teaching the techniques needed to carry out experiments on scaled ORE systems. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of the advantages of physical modelling, the limitations, and what needs to be considered when planning a physical modelling campaign. The programme will combine lectures -covering topics including an introduction to physical modelling and scaling, experiment design and numerical model validation, instrumentation and testing protocols - with hands-on activities exploring laboratory scale hydrodynamic testing of floating offshore wind, tidal and wave energy systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/aefmore |
| Description | Masterclass on Flow Modelling for Offshore Wind Turbine Loading & Farm Yield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This specialised course is tailored for PhD students, researchers and industry professionals with an interest in advanced techniques for modelling flow conditions at offshore wind turbine sites. The course will focus on fluid mechanics-based models, in contrast to the low computational cost tools typically used for engineering design. An introduction will be provided to key features of the interaction of wind turbines with atmospheric flows, complemented by an overview of the essential data sources and fluid mechanics models used for the analysis of unperturbed flow conditions at offshore sites and the analysis of turbine and farm wakes. This covers a range of data sources such as ERA5, and modelling of atmospheric flows at the mesoscale using codes, such as Weather Research & Forecasting (WRF) and at a finer scale using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Participants will also gain insight into the approaches for wake and farm modelling. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/fluid-mechanics-modelling-for-ore-systems |
| Description | Masterclass on Real-Time Hardware-in-the-Loop Experiments for Grid Integration of Offshore Renewable Energy Systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This Masterclass will equip participants with a thorough understanding and hands-on experience in conducting real-time Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) experiments for the grid integration of offshore renewable energy systems. Through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on activities, participants will develop their expertise in the fundamental concepts and techniques involved in designing, modelling, and executing real-time simulations using a range of cutting-edge devices, including real-time simulator, grid emulator, wind turbine emulator, energy storage emulator and electronic load emulator. This Masterclass has been designed in collaboration with Supergen Network Plus in Artificial Intelligence for Renewable Energy (SuperAIRE) and blends expertise from the University of Warwick with the latest insight from Masterclass partners Opal-RT Technologies, offering unparalleled quality and relevance of content. The Masterclass provides unique access to a state-of-the-art real-time simulator to test smart power grids with the integration of distributed renewable power generation. The knowledge gained will empower participants to transition their simulation models into real-time environments, enabling effective HIL testing for control systems and prototyping in the field of offshore renewable energy. Participants will gain valuable insights via case studies regarding the ORE-based ancillary services, offshore HVDC transmissions, hydrogen, AI, cybersecurity, and the integration of hardware into simulation models. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/real-time-hardware-in-the-loop-experiments-for-grid-integration-of-o... |
| Description | Masterclass on Sensing for Offshore Renewable Energy Structures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This 2-day Masterclass will explore the latest advancements in sensing systems and associated signal processing techniques to monitor the manufacture and operation of offshore renewable energy systems including turbine blades, and static and dynamic cables. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of a range of sensors, associated infrastructure and the signal processing techniques required to extract load data and detect defects. Particular emphasis will be placed on fibre optic sensors for wind and tidal blade structures and monitoring of both manufacturing processes and operational behaviour. Participants will gain hands-on experience in applying fibre optic sensors to scaled structures and deriving load measurements. The Masterclass includes specialist access to laboratory-scale composite manufacturing facilities, Fibre Bragg grating and distributed fibre sensors with optical spectrum analysis and optical time domain reflectometer analysis equipment. Upon completion, participants will understand the underlying principles of discrete and distributed fibre optic sensors and associated interrogation techniques as well as have valuable insight into the approaches, trade-offs and challenges of interrogating large arrays of fibre optic sensors using time and wavelength multiplexing methods. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/sensing-for-ore-structures |
| Description | Meeting with STFC Library Group Leader |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "CCP-WSI Resource Object Catalogue", Gemma Poulter, April, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory UK, Meeting with STFC Library Group Leader to encourage collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | National Trust Talk on Offshore Renewable Energy - Wembury Marine Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | National Trust talk to general public on offshore renewable energy - Wembury Marine Centre, Plymouth |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Offshore Wind Industrial Growth Plan/Supergen ORE Hub 2040 report mapping workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mapping workshop investigating the next stages of delivery of the UK Offshore Wind Industrial Growth Plan, with the Supergen ORE Hub as a key research delivery partner |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | PANEL SESSION NATIONAL DECOMMISSIONING CENTRE ENERGY INTEGRATION: COMPETITION, CONSENSUS AND COLLABORATION |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panel discussion on Energy Integration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.abdn.ac.uk/research/explore/energy-transition/offshore-europe-2023-1444.php |
| Description | PRIMaRE Conference 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of a poster at the PRIMaRE conference, 27-28 Jul., Bath, U.K. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Panel Member, Ocean Tech Expo, Plymouth, June 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panel Member, Ocean Tech Expo, Plymouth, June 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Plymouth City Council FLOW Conference, October 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Deborah Greaves OBE addressed business and regional leaders at the event in Plymouth on the opportunities for FLOW in the Celtic Sea |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/conference-hears-how-floating-offshore-wind-could-be-a-game-changer-... |
| Description | Presentation to NatureScot Climate and Nature Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | NatureScot hold a Climate Nature Forum every month or so, and invite leading experts in their field to share their knowledge with therr board, senior leadership team and staff. NatureScot is Scotland's nature agency and all their work is aimed at addressing the climate nature crisis. https://www.nature.scot/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation to the Society for Underwater Technologies on the Supergen ORE Hub |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to members of the Marine Renewable Energy Group of the Society for Underwater Technologies on the work of the Supergen ORE Hub |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Project Partner Meeting January 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Project workshop with investigators, researchers, external and industry partners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | RenewableUK floating Offshore Wind, Aberdeen, 5 October 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Panel member at RUK and Scottish Renewables FLOW conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.scottishrenewables.com/events/198-floating-offshore-wind-2023 |
| Description | Roundtable Discussion: Supergen ORE Hub's contribution to the UK's Clean Energy Superpower Mission |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Climate change: a growing global crisis Climate change is having an increasing impact across the globe. Extreme weather is causing direct damage and loss, hampering food production, and affecting the habitability of many regions. The growing effects of climate change will drive further population migration and intensify conflict for resources - food, energy and water - in an increasingly unproductive and uninhabitable world. Net Zero by 2050: a global consensus A global consensus was reached at the 2015 Paris Agreement: "To avert the climate crisis the global temperature increase should be limited to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levelsrequiring greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced by 45% below 2010 levels by 2030 and reach Net Zero by 2050". 2040: A key milestone towards Net Zero 2050 Looking ahead, 2040 is a valuable focus point. It is more relevant to current decision-making and more visible to stakeholders than 2050. However, 2040 is far enough ahead that policy decisions and new research and innovation can have a transformational impact on the ORE sector at that time. Research and Innovation are vital to achieving Net Zero by 2050 as outlined in the Offshore Renewable Energy Industrial Growth Plan. Research and innovation will accelerate progress by de-risking new technology, reducing costs, providing crucial insight and support the building of a skilled workforce. We can reach the Net Zero summit by leveraging research and innovation to reduce the scale of the task, provide new knowledge and signpost the best route for the deployment of Offshore Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | SW Investment Bank Roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop event with regional stakeholders looking at SW investment into Offshore Renewables |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | School visit and ORE hands on activity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | School visit and ORE hands on activity for c100 10-11 year old students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Scottish Government Scoping an Offshore Wind Sustained Observation Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Workshop of environmental scientists and modellers co-ordinated by NOC for Scottish Government to inform white paper on "Offshore Wind Sustained Observation Programme" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.gov.scot/publications/scoping-offshore-wind-sustained-observation-programme-ow-sop/ |
| Description | Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance and presentation at Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics conference: "The effect of varying peak ground acceleration on the seismic performance of shared suction caisson anchors" presented y JR Barron (Newcastle University) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) Marine Renewable Energy Committee, January 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker to Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) Marine Renewable Energy Committee, January 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Society of Underwater Technology SUT Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Society of Underwater Technology SUT Podcast |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | South West Think Tank Launch Event - Houses of Parliament |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Launch of the South West Think Tank which provides evidence-led, independent, workable policy solutions for the far south west (Cornwall, Devon and Somerset). To this end, the panel session intended to convey the combined strengths of the universities to deliver on this. The panel referenced: • Expertise in the issues and opportunities for the region • Partnerships with key regional organisations and connections with local communities • Examples of success in previous policy work, and the impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Supergen ORE Hub - Core Research Workstreams 1 to 5 Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Supergen ORE Hub core research meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Supergen ORE Hub - ECR Forum 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The ECR Community aims to connect ECRs with more senior researchers, in the UK and internationally, to create a diverse and supportive community that nurtures the next generation of ORE research leaders. The ECR Forum is a way for ECRs to come together and share their research and network with colleagues. Each ECR attending the Forum is invited to submit a poster presentation as an opportunity to promote their research and engage with other conference attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/supergen-ore-hub-ecr-forum-2023 |
| Description | Supergen ORE Hub - Flexible Funding Call 4 - Proposal Brokerage Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | As part of the Flexible Funding call we are running a brokerage event to bring together Academic and Industry partners in order to broker collaborations and develop high quality submissions to the funding call. You will be able to hear more details about the funding call, including the requirements of our co-funders, Wave Energy Scotland and the ORE Catapult Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence. You will also be able to post your research ideas and requirements to other delegates, through our online event platform 'SpotMe', which will be accessible after the event to continue discussions to broker collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/supergen-ore-hub-flexible-funding-call-4-proposal-brokerage-workshop |
| Description | Supergen ORE Hub Annual Assembly 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub organise an Annual Assembly to give an opportunity to those working in the offshore wind, wave and tidal energy sectors the chance to explore and debate cutting-edge research, find out about the latest opportunities and challenges in offshore renewable energy technologies, and network with the offshore renewable community, including academics, industry professionals and policymakers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/supergen-ore-hub-annual-assembly-2023 |
| Description | Supergen ORE Hub Annual Assembly 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The 2024 Supergen ORE Hub Annual Assembly - 'Accelerating Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) to 2040 and beyond' - aimed to inspire and support the ORE community to address this challenge. Our focus on 2040 uses this milestone as a practical focus on the route to 2050: 2040 is soon enough to be on stakeholder horizons, but far enough to be influenced by transformative research and innovation. The Assembly explored the following themes: Accelerating to 2040: Policy, Planning and Consenting: Securing the necessary regulatory approvals, financing and policy frameworks represents a critical step in unlocking the deployment of ORE infrastructure. Streamlining consenting processes, gaining investment confidence, and implementing supportive policies are essential to overcome barriers and accelerate the pace of development. A fourfold speed-up in consenting ORE projects is intended in the British Energy Security Strategy. Accelerating to 2040: Transforming Practice: Acceleration to the 2040 milestones cannot be achieved via business as usual - the journey will be eased by positive transformations of sector practices. The shared nature of our climate challenges makes building global partnerships and cross-sector collaborations a key component to create these transformations. By exchanging knowledge, resources, and expertise we can maximise our impact and work together for a clean energy mix for the future that is also sustainable and makes use of latest advances in research and innovation. Accelerating to 2040: Supply Chain and People: The scale of the ORE growth to the 2040 milestone cannot be achieved by the current supply chain and requires growth, diversity and additional skills within the workforce. From next-generation wind, wave and tidal energy converters to new technologies for construction and operation, the supply chain must grow and transform to support the 2040 milestones, underpinned by research and innovation. Fostering inclusivity and diversity within the industry not only unlocks the required talent, but also fosters innovation and creates a workforce capable of driving a meaningful and just transition to a net zero carbon economy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/news-and-events/2024-assembly-ecr-forum |
| Description | Supergen ORE Hub/France Energies Marine meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Supergen ORE Hub and FEM exploratory meeting for collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Supergen-Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult FoW CoE Environmental Roadmap Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Aims of the workshop: Convene relevant subject matter experts from academia, industry and the public sector. Identify and discuss current research activities pertaining to the environmental interactions of FOW technology. Review the current research priorities and recommendations outlined in the FOW Environmental Interactions Roadmap and identify areas where these could be updated. Develop recommendations for further research addressing and mitigating FOW environmental interactions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Talk for Bergen: Ecosystems, Climate Change and Offshore Energy: How do we achieve sustainability? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk to research groups in Bergen, Norway |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | The Life Scientific Interview, Radio 4 July 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview with popular podcast series examining the scientific biographies of leading scientists |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001pf3d |
| Description | Tidal Operators Agreement Technical Working Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited member of technical working group concerning inter-site operators agreement for tidal stream planning engaging with industry and government. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| Description | UK Metamaterials Conference, 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speaker at the Metamaterials conference 2023 on Metamaterials for wave energy harvesting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://metamaterials.network/uk-metamaterials-network-conference-2023/ |
| Description | UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spotlight Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Taking place at the ExCel Centre, London, this event, brought to you by the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership, will once again bring together senior political and industry leaders, investors and procurement specialists with many of the UK's leading supply chain companies currently benefitting from ORE Catapult and OWGP supply chain growth programmes. It will shine a spotlight on outstanding innovation and excellence within the UK's offshore wind supply chain, exploring opportunities, challenges and next steps as the UK seeks to maximise the opportunity from the acceleration of offshore wind. Sessions will include keynote speakers and panel sessions discussing how to drive the growth of the UK offshore wind, with the return of dedicated sessions featuring pitches from early stage companies seeking investment and later stage companies showcasing their products and services. Many of the most innovative UK supply chain companies will also be exhibiting throughout the day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://ore.catapult.org.uk/media-centre/events/uk-offshore-wind-supply-chain-spotlight |
| Description | University of Bath I-SEE Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment (I-SEE) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presenting and engaging in a seminar with the University of Bath I-SEE Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment (I-SEE) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | University of Plymouth Showcase, London, December 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Speaker at the University of Plymouth Showcase, London, December 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Wave Energy and SRIA workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The workshop is being supported by the EPSRC with the goals of: • Reviewing the outcomes and impacts of the 2020 Marine Wave Energy Programme projects. • Assessing progress on the Supergen Roadmap on Wave Energy and identify remaining research challenges. • Informing a report for submission to EPSRC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Webinar - AI-Based Modelling, Digital Twin, and Control for Offshore Wind Energy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The first webinar took place on November 28 2023 and discussed AI-Based Modelling, Digital Twin, and Control for Offshore Wind Energy. Offshore wind energy is central to the UK's Net Zero Strategy, targeting a deployment of 50GW by 2030. Realising the full potential of offshore wind requires a dual approach: swift capacity expansion and a boost in system efficiency and cost reduction. However, the industry faces challenges in meeting these objectives. The rapid growth of offshore wind is outpacing the advancement of essential technologies throughout the life cycle of wind farms and turbines, such as design, operations, and maintenance. In these critical aspects, many traditional methods encounter difficulties in managing the increasing complexities and the massive amounts of data being produced. For instance, wake effects can undermine conventional control strategies, potentially reducing offshore wind farm output by 5-20%. AI offers new ways to address these challenges and facilitate an unprecedented expansion of offshore wind. This webinar showcases our latest results in integrating AI with offshore wind, including novel modelling, digital twin, and control methodologies for wind farms. We demonstrate that AI-powered wind farm modelling enables real-time predictions on standard laptops, which traditionally demand thousands of supercomputer CPU hours. Additionally, we demonstrate that by fusing physics and data via physics-informed deep learning, digital twins of wind farm flows can be established to predict the in situ spatiotemporal wind field covering the entire wind farm. We introduce several advanced wind farm control strategies based on reinforcement learning, designed to enhance the whole farm-level power generation even in the presence of significant wake effects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/ai-based-modelling-digital-twin-and-control-for-offshore-wind-energy |
| Description | Webinar - Advantages of Numerical Simulations of Floating Structures in Offshore Environments and Pullout Capacity of Offshore Anchors in Spatially Variable Soil |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | July's 2024 Supergen ORE Hub webinar included two presentations from members of the ECR community from Dr Aristos Christou from Cardiff University, and Dr Pengpeng He from the University of Dundee. Dr Christou will be discussing highlights of the advantages of numerical simulations of floating structures in offshore environments and the benefit of large-eddy simulations (LES), followed by Dr He who will discuss research into an analytical approach to probabilistically estimate the pullout capacity of strip plate anchors in spatially variable soil. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/webinar-5 |
| Description | Webinar - On the development of a short design event approach for speeding up the prediction of design loads for floating wind turbines |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The floating offshore renewable energy (FORE) design process recommended by standards authorities requires the simulation of thousands of different design load cases (DLCs). The DLC which has the device in survival mode requires multiple 1 hour simulations per sea state along a 50-year return period contour. For fixed offshore wind a constrained wave approach is permitted where a nonlinear regular wave or NewWave (average profile of the largest wave expected in a particular sea state) is embedded into a 10-minute background wave, which is then used in place of the 1-hour simulations to save time and cost. However, such a constrained wave method is not appropriate for FORE devices as it is not necessarily the largest wave which produces the largest response of interest. A response conditioned focused wave method where the magnitude and phase of the linear response amplitude operators (RAOs) has been adapted from the area of ship design to try and produce an alternative constrained wave method for FORE. The method has been extended to incorporate wind loading for floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) and tested numerically on 8 devices covering the 4 main platform types (Spar, semi-sub, TLP, barge). This research was conducted in collaboration with DNV and Vercity, building on the work carried out as part of the Supergen ORE Hub Work Package Four (Design for Future ORE Solutions) and was extended through an EPSRC-funded impact accelerator award. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/on-the-development-of-a-short-design-event-approach-for-speeding-up-... |
| Description | Webinar - On the development of a short design event approach for speeding up the prediction of design loads for floating wind turbines |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This webinar focused on The development of a short design event approach for speeding up the prediction of design loads for floating wind turbines. The floating offshore renewable energy (FORE) design process recommended by standards authorities requires the simulation of thousands of different design load cases (DLCs). The DLC which has the device in survival mode requires multiple 1 hour simulations per sea state along a 50-year return period contour. For fixed offshore wind a constrained wave approach is permitted where a nonlinear regular wave or NewWave (average profile of the largest wave expected in a particular sea state) is embedded into a 10-minute background wave, which is then used in place of the 1-hour simulations to save time and cost. However, such a constrained wave method is not appropriate for FORE devices as it is not necessarily the largest wave which produces the largest response of interest. A response conditioned focused wave method where the magnitude and phase of the linear response amplitude operators (RAOs) has been adapted from the area of ship design to try and produce an alternative constrained wave method for FORE. The method has been extended to incorporate wind loading for floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) and tested numerically on 8 devices covering the 4 main platform types (Spar, semi-sub, TLP, barge). This research was conducted in collaboration with DNV and Vercity, building on the work carried out as part of the Supergen ORE Hub Work Package Four (Design for Future ORE Solutions) and was extended through an EPSRC-funded impact accelerator award. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/on-the-development-of-a-short-design-event-approach-for-speeding-up-... |
| Description | Webinar - Testing the Critical Link - Physical Testing of Dynamic Power Cables |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The power generated offshore is typically transported ashore via subsea power cables. In particular for floating installations, dynamic submarine power cables will be one of the most critical and exposed components, connecting the floating platform to static subsea export cables or floating export/production platforms. Dynamic submarine power cables used in deeper waters need to support increased loads and handle the movement of the floating vessel or platform. They must also be able to tolerate fatigue associated with load changes that occur during their movement in the water column. The structural characteristics of dynamic power cables are often approximated through numerical modelling, but to get precise measurements of key properties, mechanical testing of full-scale cables is essential, including testing axial stiffness and bending stiffness. This webinar provides a brief review of typical test setups and recommended test practices. It also presents a case study and characteristic results of a mechanical cable test campaign, quantifying cable stiffness and fatigue. The example illustrates the value of mechanical testing to better inform both global hydrodynamic models with cable properties and to better calibrate local finite element analysis tools. The webinar will be useful for researchers and practitioners concerned with the modelling, design and testing of submarine dynamic power cables. It will also be useful for project investors and underwriters to better understand the assurance testing of cables as a critical component. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/webinar-4 |
| Description | Webinar - The impacts of wind energy extraction on the physics and primary production in Scottish shelf waters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This webinar explores the current findings and updates from the Physics-to-Ecosystem Level Assessment of Impacts of Offshore Windfarms Project (PELAgIO). The potential changes in the physics and primary production are presented together with the current methodologies used to investigate such changes at small and large scales. The PELAgIO project will support the development of evidence-based policy and marine management through interdisciplinary research that explores the consequences of offshore wind development on marine environments, marine wildlife, and wider ecosystem structures. Beth Scott introduces the PELAgIO project which is within the NERC ECOWind programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/webinar-3 |
| Description | Webinar - The impacts of wind energy extraction on the physics and primary production in Scottish shelf waters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Webinar - Presenting on the impacts of wind energy extraction on the physics and primary production in Scottish shelf waters |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/news-and-events/webinars |
| Description | Webinar - Wind Farm Flows: Modelling Approaches & Challenges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This webinar explores the application of Engineering Wake Models to wind-farm wakes, focusing on the assessment of buffer zones, ecological impact, and performance evaluation. It covers Large Eddy Simulations (LES) of atmospheric flows, examining how varying atmospheric conditions affect wind-farm wake behavior. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/webinar-wind-farm-flows-modelling-approaches-challenges |
| Description | Webinar with ORE Catapult |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Webinar entitled The Future of Environmental Monitoring Webinar, covering the topic of Accelerating Consenting for Offshore Renewables Deployment (ACORD) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvyJGzF0C2s |
| Description | Wind Energy Science Conference (WESC) 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition stand at the Wind Energy Science Conference with over 1000 international delegates |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/events/wind-energy-science-conference-2023 |
| Description | Workshop for (OW-SOP) Scoping an Offshore Wind Sustained Observation Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A 2 day workshop on why and how to measure bio-physical oceanographic changes around offshore wind farms - and to create a written report |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://noc-events.co.uk/scottish-government-workshop-2024 |
| Description | Workshop for Initiation of the International Joint Research Centre on Offshore Renewable Energy(IJRC-ORE), 26th October, 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speaker at the Workshop for Initiation of the International Joint Research Centre on Offshore Renewable Energy(IJRC-ORE), 26th October, 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | workshop: Hosted by JNCC and Ørsted on kittiwake and fish prey interactions. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on kittiwake and fish prey interactions and how that influences placement of offshore wind |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |