To maximise the business benefits of ‘WaveSentry’, a project developing an improved system for the measurement, forecasting and portrayal of sea-states, Marine South East has launched ‘WaveSentry KN’. This specialist knowledge network will facilitate the identification and exploitation of spin-out technologies and market opportunities for managing the risks of marine operations in adverse sea states.
Guidelines to promote the faster and wider deployment of small-scale coastal wind systems have been published by the partners of the WICO, ‘Wind of the Coast’ project; a European part-funded initiative looking into small scale coastal wind projects.
The WICO Guidelines have been produced to provide planners and decision makers with key information and solutions to a number of issues which have been causing barriers to the development of small coastal wind systems.
The ‘WaveSentry’ project consortium has secured co-funding from the Technology Strategy Board to develop a new information and forecasting tool for managing the risks of marine operations in adverse sea states. The project was launched in May at a kick-off meeting hosted by the lead partner, HR Wallingford Ltd.
A new ‘Wind of the Coast’ (WICO) European project has been launched with partners from the UK, Italy and Spain looking at the use of small scale wind energy systems to harness wind power from around our coasts. The project is part of the European Union inter-regional program; INTERREG IVC POWER Program aimed at lowering carbon economies.
The Solent Waterfront Strategy, led by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) in partnership with Marine South East, has won the Award for Spatial Strategy at the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards. The strategy will support marine industry growth and safeguard sites that are essential in developing the marine sector.
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Tuesday, 19th January 2010
Local apprentice James Woolgar will receive the Derek Kimber Medal for 2009, presented by Graham Clarke, Prime Warden of The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights at the London Boat Show, the Yacht Harbour Association stand, on Thursday, 14th January 2010.