INNOVATIONS
SCIENCE PARK POWERS ON
Menai (M-SParc), Wales’ first dedicated Science Park, is taking shape on Anglesey and will open its doors in early 2018
FaulknerBrowns architects
A wholly owned subsidiary of Bangor University, M-SParc will house the brightest and best companies with commercial products or services or who have a research focus. The broad focus on the park is on the low carbon, energy and environment, and ICT sectors. M-SParc will assist companies who
are innovative and will encourage them to grow and develop with the assistance of a dedicated on site Business Support Officer and access to business services. M-SParc hopes to do more, by providing both a sustainable building for tenant companies, sustainable community benefits for the local population and contributing to a sustainable economy for the region.
STATEMENT PIECES FOR SUSTAINABILITY
As well as being energy generators, developed for their size and their power output capacity and consistency, wind turbines have also become statement pieces for sustainability. It is not uncommon to see a single turbine on a roof or outside a new building, generating part of the power for that building, or at times not even connected to the grid at all. But how much can we really gain from this and what does it have to do with the Science Park? M-SParc thinks the impact can be more than the amount of energy they provide or Return on Investment. A move to a positive view on sustainability is something which needs to trickle down quickly; young people need to be aware and conscious of the need for efficient renewable energy sources, as they will soon be the developers of these inventions.
ENERGY ISLAND
That is why M-SParc are working to develop this concept of an on-site turbine that would be a beacon of sustainability and where income generated would be ploughed back into the STEM agenda on the ‘Energy Island’.
A key part of the work with young people involves the changing face of wind turbines. Young people will learn the process, from planning permission, to development, and assessment of energy requirements, ecology, archaeology, ground conditions and suitability, the process will be discussed and developed by the students.
ENTHUSIASM
Ieuan Wyn Jones, M-SParc Director, commented: “We’re excited to get to grips with this project. M-SParc will provide a home for these engineers on the island for years to come, and the turbine project, supported by our contractors Willmott Dixon, will provide the young people with skills that they’ll need in the workplace.” He concluded: “M-SParc is a sustainable science park in many ways and we could not call ourselves innovative and low-carbon if we didn’t begin these initiatives now. The impact M-SParc will have on the regional economy will be great. The impact on the future could be greater.”
M-SParc
INNOVATIONS SERVING THE OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY MARKET
Global investments in renewable energy have reached new heights with a pipeline of long- term power-generation potential
MacGregor is well-positioned to support this burgeoning market.
SECURING THE FIRST FLOATING WIND FARM
At the end of 2015 the company won an order for substructure connection mooring systems for the world’s first floating offshore wind farm Statoil’s Hywind pilot park in Scotland, UK. Hywind Scotland Pilot park will cover an area of just over 4km² near Buchan Deep, 25km off Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, on Scotland’s North Sea coast. It is designed to demonstrate cost-efficient solutions that will enable the commercial capture of wind energy in deep-water environments.
CONTRACT DETAIL
MacGregor is contracted to deliver a Pusnes substructure mooring connection system to each of the pilot project’s five new floating wind turbines. The ballast-stabilised turbine structures will each be equipped with a three-point mooring system employing site-specific anchors. The company planned to complete deliveries by the end of 2016 and installation of the wind turbines is scheduled for 2017.
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