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UNIVERSITY OF HULL ALIGNING MARITIME EXPERTISE WITH INNOVATIVE INDUSTRY OPPORTUNITIES
The scale of green energy investments around the Humber is providing the University of Hull with an immense opportunity. Quick to see the potential for aligning its maritime expertise with exciting industry developments, it is investing in specialist research and innovation initiatives.
CASS ACTIVITY Coordinated through its business-facing centre, CASS – Renewable Energy and the Low Carbon Economy, it is engaged in activity that is vital to the development of the region’s renewable energy sector and the Humber ports.
Professor Stephanie Haywood, director of CASS, said: “Our location in Hull has led to us building a unique body of marine and maritime influenced research expertise which is in demand around the world. Now this special geography is presenting us with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity on our own doorstep.”
A number of projects are underway, including a partnership with global consultancy firm Parsons Brinkerhoff to develop specialist software that will enable tidal stream power companies to estimate more accurately the energy available at potential sites.
RESEARCH COUNCIL PROJECT A high-profile Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council project is to inform industry on the design and suitable location for tidal devices.
It utilises the University’s world leading Total Environment Simulator, an experimental facility designed for modelling the dynamics of fluid and sediment transfer under a wide range of environmental conditions. The simulator was recently used to contribute research to the highly successful Gravitas Offshore consortium, which is developing innovative solutions for wind turbine foundations. It has also played a key role in testing the prototypes for tidal devices now deployed in the Humber.
RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR ENGAGEMENT The University is already engaged by some of the biggest names in the renewable energy sector. It carries out environmental impact assessments for offshore wind developers in the UK and internationally, and behind the scenes, academics are working on a project to prolong the life of wind turbines through studying fault tolerance control.
NEW TRAINING CENTRE A Renewable Energy Doctoral Training Centre will be opened on the Hull campus in the near future. As part of this, an industry-facing engineering doctorate degree to train students for a range of high-level careers in the tidal and wider renewables industries is being launched.
ASPIRATIONS The University is aiming to become a major research centre for renewables on the national and international stage – an opportunity stemming from its home in the Humber.
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