IAHR Marine Renewable Energy Working Group
a Working Group of the Coastal & Maritime Hydraulics Committee of IAHR
Objectives
IAHR has launched a new Working Group dedicated to marine renewable energy - building on the interest shown at Special Seminars at the 2005 Biennial Congress in Seoul, and the Vancouver Congress (August 9-14th, 2009).
The Group, approved by the IAHR Council, forms part of the Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics Committee and focusses on the hydraulics, fluid mechanics, technology/machinery and environmental aspects relating to the development of tidal (including barrages and lagoons), wave and offshore wind energy.
If you are interested in participating in this new group, please contact Estibaliz Serrano, Programme Officer IAHR IPD in Madrid publications@iahr.org, or Constantine Memos (memos @ hydro.ntua.gr) Chair of the Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics Section.
WG Officers
Chair:
Martin Wosnik, Center for Ocean Renewable Energy (CORE), University of New Hampshire, USA
Secretary:
Mike Hartnett, National University of Ireland, Galway
Past Chair:
Albert Ruprecht, Institute for Hydraulic Systems, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Members:
Michael Tarbotton, Triton, Vancouver, Canada
Roger Falconer, University of Cardiff, Wales
Ivo Pothof, Deltares, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Stefan Schimmels, FZK, Hanover, Germany
Raphael Arlitt, Voith Hydro, Heidenheim, Germany
Mahmood Naghash, Bechtel, USA
Activities
IAHR Europe Congress May 4-6th , 2010 Edinburgh, Scotland
An Open Meeting took place on the afternoon of May 4th - following a Keynote Speech by Roger Falconer on the Severn Barrage
project and a session on Renewable Marine Energy.
Minutes
Special Seminar on Renewable Energy: in Vancouver, July 2009
1. The Severn Barrage: Europe's Largest Marine Renewable Energy Project (Roger Falconer, Cardiff University)
2. The Shiwa project and planed activities in Korea (Young Sik Cho, Hanyang University)
3. The Mutriku Wave power project, installation and first operation experieces (Matthew Seed, WaveGen)
4. Tidal current turbine developments (Jochen Weilepp, Voith Siemens Hydro)
5. Canadian activities in Maritime Renewables (Michael Tarbotton, Triton Consultants)
6. US activities and new opportunities (Alejandro Moreno, U.S. Dept. of Energy, to be confirmed).
Organiser: Dr. Albert Ruprecht
Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery, University of Stuttgart
AR@Dr-Albert-Ruprecht.de
Further Information
Contact: Estibaliz Serrano, Programme officer IAHR IPD, publications@iahr.org
More information on IAHR
Useful Links
Aquamarine power Resource Library
Contains a range of documents related to marine renwable power
Last Updated September 2011
