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ICIS Grant Announcement

2011-11-10

The International Collaborative Incentive Scholarships (ICIS) are now open for applications. These scholarships aim to support pairs of INORE members wishing to collaborate between different institutions on a common project. This year INORE is offering grants of up to €500 per pair of applicants.

If you wish to apply for this funding, please submit a single A4 page describing the background of the work, the proposed use of the grant, the expected time line of the collaboration, and the expected budget required. This application is to be submitted in an attached pdf to the email address: icis@inore.org, and applications must be received between the 1st November 2011 and the 1st December 2011.

OES Executive Committee Meeting

2011-11-10

Recently, INORE was invited to participate and present its aims and objectives at the 21st Executive Committee Meeting of the Ocean Energy Systems of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Ocean Energy Systems aims to facilitate and co-ordinate ocean energy research, development and demonstration through international co-operation and information exchange, leading to the deployment and commercialisation of sustainable, efficient, reliable, cost-competitive and environmentally sound ocean energy technologies. Presently the OES has 19 member countries. The chairman of the INORE steering committee, João Baltazar, attended the meeting and presented the network, its members, the objectives and the current and future activities. A generous sponsorship was attributed by the OES ExCo for the upcoming years, which will contribute significantly for the realisation of future INORE activities.

2012 Symposia Update

2011-11-10

Next year INORE will not be holding one symposium, but will be holding two symposia--one in Europe and one in North America. As previously announced, the European symposium will be taking place in Denmark in May. The North American symposium will be held with the gracious support of the New England Marine Renewable Energy Center (MREC). MREC is a consortium of universities, and the INORE North American symposium will take place at one of the member universities. More information will be made available once the precise date and location of the symposia are set.

MREC Networking Event

2011-11-10

The 3rd Annual New England Marine Renewable Energy Center Technical Conference took place in Cambridge, MA on the 7-8th of November. Of the approximately 60 presenters, 20 of the presenters were students (and 11 of them were already INORE members). On the first night of the conference, INORE organized a social event at the nearby Cambridge Brewing Company. About 15 or so people joined us, and we were able to relax and unwind after a long day at the conference.

Additionally, the next day, INORE Steering Committee Member, Alana Duerr, was able to give a short presentation about INORE, encouraging the participation of the students and industry leaders to be involved with INORE.

3rd New England Marine Renewable Energy Center Technical Conference Press Release

2011-11-01

October 31, 2011

New Bedford, MA- The 3rd time is a charm for sure. Not only are the keynote speakers lined up and ready to share their deep knowledge of the ocean energy industry, but we have 49 oral and poster presenters confirmed to participate in the 3rd Annual New England Marine Renewable Energy Center’s Technical Conference.

On Monday November 7, Premier Sponsor, SAIC will salute the occasion at the attendee reception – an SAIC sponsored event –not-to miss!

Monday sessions will address environmental considerations and challenges expected in bringing ocean energy devices on line. The afternoon sessions will cover how to harness and sustain effective tidal energy.

Tuesday sessions will focus on commercialization issues related to cable laying; pilot projects; how to abide by renewable portfolio standards and a look at the feasibility of using ocean thermal energy from a land based warm water intake. In addition offshore wind, modeling and wave energy conversion devices will be covered in the afternoon.

All presentations will be provided on a flash drive at the conclusion of the two day conference to registered attendees. The final agenda is available online at www.umassd.edu/event/.

Registration includes all food and beverage, registration materials and any other promotional items provided during the conference. Registration can be completed on line at www.mrec.umassd.edu/event or one can register at the door November 7-8, 2011.

See full details at www.mrec.umassd.edu/event and register today.

Contact: John Miller, Director, New England Marine Renewable Energy Center;
j2miller@umassd.edu;
508.999.6732;
Marine Renewable Energy Center
1312 Purchase Str. 3rd Flr.
New Bedford, MA

Alternate contact: Maggie Merrill, Conference Manager, MREC; maggielmerrill@gmail.com
617.306.2764

INORE Workshop at EWTEC 2011

2011-09-16

In September 2011, 50 INOREans gathered for a pre-conference workshop for the EWTEC conference in Southampton, England. After traveling out to Lepe County Park, the workshop got underway.

The workshop included six key note speakers (Eoghan Maguire from Vattenfall, Sarah Caraher from Openhydro, Matthew Knight from Siemens, Pierpaolo Ricci from Tecnalia, Laurent Marquis from Wavestar, and Devorah Greaves from Sowfia), a panel session, a group activity, and a networking dinner event. The panel session allowed for the key note speakers and attendees to talk about the future of our industry, asking "Will offshore energy become a reality?" The workshop wrapped up with a wind turbine array group activity.

INORE would like to thank our key note speakers, as well as Davide and Julia for organizing such a great event!

Please take a look at the files below to see the presentations that were given at the workshop and for additional information about the INORE Workshop.

2011 INORE Symposium

2011-09-12

Over 50 Ph.D. students and early stage researchers from around the world—representing 35 institutions—gathered in Alcoutim, Portugal for a 4-day symposium on offshore renewable energy. Set along the banks of the Guadiana River, the rolling hills adorned with wind turbines provided an idyllic backdrop for this intensive symposium. By bringing together researchers, this event—which is free of charge—helps achieve INORE’s goal of stimulating knowledge sharing and collaborative learning in a cohesive, global offshore renewable energy research community.

If you would like to learn more, check out the symposium report here:

http://inore.org/images/documentos/49508_5th_annual_symposium_report.pdf

Non-consumptive ocean recreation and potential conflicts with marine spatial planning (wave energy)

1970-01-01

Oregon is in the midst of major changes to the way it manages use of the ocean off of its shores, including marine renewable energy development. Consideration for all stakeholder groups will contribute to defensible decisions regarding the use of ocean and coastal resources. This relies on an understanding of the various stakeholders in ocean resources, which is lacking for some groups. This research sought to improve the understanding of one such group, which to date has not been thoroughly documented: the non-consumptive recreational ocean user (NROU) community. The NROU group includes surfers, kayakers, boaters, divers, and many others, and it makes economic, cultural, and environmental contributions to Oregon’s coastal communities. Members of this group are both residents of coastal communities and visitors from other regions of Oregon and their numbers are expected to grow. This report details what we have learned from research about this group as a whole and by the subgroups that comprise this community of interest: what they require for recreation, their values and opinions, and where they are recreating. We also sought to gauge their attitudes toward alternative energy, specifically marine renewable energy, which is an emerging use and stakeholder of the ocean off of Oregon’s coast. This new ocean use has the potential to conflict with existing uses, if not carefully planned. Our study aims to provide information on NROU community to help facilitate sound ocean planning for all uses and users.

Oregon State University tests new wave energy buoy that works like self-winding watch

1970-01-01

http://www.nwcn.com/home/?fId=117621273&fPath=/news/local&fDomain=10202

European Energy Conference

1970-01-01

The European Energy Conference (www.energy-conference.eu) offers a limited number of grants for doctoral students, providing free access to the conference (waiver of the conference fee).

Applicants are supposed to send a letter of interest inclosing the following information:

Full name, address, nationality
Brief Curriculum Vitae
University and name of doctoral supervisor
Field of activity of the thesis work
The motivation to attend the European Energy Conference

The document has to be delivered electronically as a single .pdf file by 24 February 2012, 17 p.m. to the following address: e2c@esf.org

Participants will be selected by a selection committee consisting of members of the Steering Committee and the Scientific Committee of the conference. Applicants will be and informed on the acceptance or refusal about 4 weeks in advance of the conference.

Please note that travel and accommodation costs are not part of the grant and have to be provided by the participants themselves or their hosting academic institutions.

Best wishes
E2C Team