Joint Call OCEANERA-NET

OCEANERA-NET is a European network which aims to coordinate the funding programmes between European countries and regions to support research and innovation in the ocean energy sector (i.e. Wave Energy, Tidal Energy, Tidal and Ocean Currents, Salinity Gradient and Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion).

The first OCEANERA-NET joint call has been launched on 23 October 2014 with a total budget of 7 million euros. The deadline for pre-proposals online submission is scheduled on 18 December 2014. This first call aims to enable collaborative RTDI projects addressing the following topics:

• Develop standardised approaches/methods/ tools for ocean energy site characterisation and project and array/park planning.
• Modelling and design of components, systems, sub-systems and devices for ocean energy technologies taking into account manufacturing, installation, operation, maintenance, and environment requirements.
• Development and testing of critical components for delivering reliable, sustainable and high-performance ocean energy generation.
• Demonstration and validation of technological developments in a real sea environment.
• Design and development of tools and solutions for the technological advancement and optimisation of components, devices and arrays/parks.

More information: http://www.oceaneranet.eu/pages/joint-calls-8.html

MERMAID movies published

The MERMAID movie have been released. The short film on multi-use offshore platforms include scientific facts, interviews with science and industry and selected project results translating them for the public at large. The movie is introduced by European Commissioner for Research and Innovation, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.

Both the trailer and long version are available on the MERMAID YouTube Channel.

For more in depth information, you can watch all indivudual interviews with the workpackage leaders of MERMAID.

MERMAID Booklet available

The MERMAID booklet can be downloaded at http://www.mermaidproject.eu/sharepoint/view/Documents/Outreach-Material/MERMAID-Booklet/

World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC XIII) - 3-7 August 2014

The World Renewable Energy Congress / Network will hold its 13 Conference on 3-7 August 2014 at University of Kingston, London, UK.

• Deadline submission abstract: March 10, 2014
• Deadline early bird registration: June 30, 2014
• Conference website

Topics addressed at the conference include:

• Photovoltaic Technology
• Solar Thermal Applications
• Sustainable & Low Energy Architecture (Making buildings work with renewables)
• Biomass & Waste to energy
• Policy, Finance, Education & Sustainability
• Energy Meteorology
• Wind & Hybrid Energy
• Water & Hydropower
• Ocean Energy
• Geothermal Energy
• Hydrogen & Fuel Cells
• Renewable System Integration