Wave and tidal - setting the scene

Thursday 20 May - 11:00-12:30 - FLEMING AUDITORIUM

• Introduction by chair: Professor John Sharp, Visiting Professor, Cranfield University
• Making Marine Renewable Energy Mainstream - Martin McAdam, CEO, Aquamarine Power [ presentation ]
• Removing barriers for deployment through policy development: the UK case study - Oliver Wragg, Wave and Tidal Development Manager, RenewableUK [ presentation ]
• EMEC update - Neil Kermode, Managing Director, European Marine Energy Centre [ presentation ]
• Energy Technologies Institute update - Andrew Haslett, Strategy Director, Energy Technologies Institute [ presentation ]
• Results of the SUT Marine Reneweable Energy Study - Dr Bob Allwood, Chief Executive, Society for Underwater Technology [ presentation ]
• Q&A

The Pentland Firth & Orkney Waters

• Introduction by chair: John Griffiths, Technical Director, EMEC and Chairman of the SUT's Marine Renewable Energy Committee

• The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters - ambitious for Scotland - Audrey MacIver, Head of Energy, Highlands and Islands Enterprise [ presentation ] and Gareth Davies, Managing Director, Aquatera and Marine Co-Chair, Scottish Renewables [ presentation ]

• Panel discussion - panelists:
  • Professor Ian Bryden, University of Edinburgh
  • Alan Mortimer, Head of Renewables Policy, ScottishPower Renewable Energy 
  • Mike  Smith, Chief Operating Officer, Atlantis Resources Corporation
  • Martin Wright,  Managing Director, Marine Current Turbines
  • John Callaghan, Programme Manager (Wave and Tidal), The Crown Estate
  • Dr Neil Johnson, Head of Renewables, Health & Safety Executive
  • Max Carcas, Business Development Director, Pelamis Wave Power
  • Scott Couch, University of Edinburgh representing the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences
    

Projects outside the Pentland Firth - including osmotic power

• Introduction by chair: Andrew Mill, Chief Executive, Narec
• The ocean energy programme at Vattenfall - Kristin Andersen, Environmental Manager, Vattenfall Ocean Energy Programme [ presentation ]
• Update on Statkraft's osmotic power project - Bjørn Holsen, Vice President Growth , Statkraft [ presentation ]
  
• PRIMaRE: Creating a Centre of Excellence in Marine Renewable Energy Research - Dr Lars Johanning [ presentation ]
• Status Report on Commercial Scale Pilot in Bay of Fundy – Nick Murphy, Commercial Manager, OpenHydro [ presentation ] and James Taylor, General Manager, Carbon Management, Nova Scotia Power [ presentation ]
  
• Q&A