The Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy Jim Grant University of Exeter & Member of the PRIMaRE Management Board

The South West’s Landscape “South West England is on the way to becoming an international centre for marine renewable energy” - Natural assets: wave, tidal range and tidal stream. - Home to great businesses including two of the world’s outstanding tidal stream device developers based in Bristol. - South West businesses are working in virtually every major European marine renewable energy project. - A rich maritime history and leading marine science organisations based in the region - The RDA has developed the Wave Hub, a £42m renewable energy project off Cornwall operational from summer 2010. - The Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE)

PRIMaRE A partnership between the Universities of Exeter & Plymouth A £12.8M programme to strengthen the research capability of the South West Funded by the South West RDA and EU ERDF Programmes

Business Plan Ambition “… PRIMaRE to meet the immediate needs of the emerging marine renewable energy sector in the Peninsula and to address the wider considerations for renewable energy globally.” “ Funds will be used to secure additional intellectual research capacity and major capital equipment to support …Wave Hub..” Ambition “…South West England… to become a world-leading area. Contributing to the understanding of the construction, deployment, operation, performance and impact of wave energy conversion devices”

Key Aspects Appointment of internationally leading researchers Creation of unique, world-class research facilities & infrastructure Leverage of further research funding using the start-up funds Developing links with developers and industry Implementing a knowledge exchange strategy

Research Themes Wave Resource characterisation Marine Operations Surface and subsea electrical systems Navigation Environmental Impact Policy & Socio-economic factors

PRIMaRE’s Research Domain Environments: Policy – planning, socio-economic, legal, etc Physical, biological & ecological impacts Stakeholders - fishermen, shipping, surfers Wave Energy Device Offshore Energy Array management Output: “rough” electrical energy – needs ‘conditioning’ for grid connection Moorings & anchoring systems /foundations: coupling affects response dynamics Devices Inputs: climate, waves, wind, tidal stream - energy inputs - design extremes & constraints Generic challenges & tools: - numerical modelling (wave/device interaction) - electrical simulation modelling - reliability, availability modelling - testing facilities (devices, components, etc.) - Installation / Operation - Control systems,

Infrastructure Development South West Moorings test facility Electrical Laboratory to model real life systems Dynamic Marine Component test facility Wave Basin Wave buoy array / ADCPs / HF Radar High Performance Computing Clusters Environmental Measurement

Outcomes £27m research portfolio - from UK research councils (EPSRC, NERC), TSB, KTPs. EU (FP and Interreg) Research and Business Conferences Publications Over 250 Businesses engaged WWW.PRIMaRE.org

Contact details Jim Grant Research & Knowledge Transfer University of Exeter 00 44 1326 253757 j.a.t.grant@exeter.ac.uk THANK YOU