Renewable Energy Association WATTS 2007 Wave & Tidal Technology Symposium, 4th September 2007
Venue: Northwood House, Cowes, Isle of Wight
The significance of Europe's commitment to meet 20% of its total energy needs from renewables by 2020 cannot be overstated. A 20% energy commitment probably entails a 30% contribution from electricity. The timescale for delivery, coupled with the UK's prime share of Europe's wave and tidal resource, bodes well for this emerging industry - in all its forms!
A main theme of this conference will be considering what contribution wave energy, tidal stream, tidal barrages and lagoons could make to this ambitious new European target. It will set out the policies needed to move the industry form the R& D stage to large scale commercial deployment.
It will assess the progress made by the UK's renewable device developers elsewhere, and contrast our support measures with those abroad. The focus on the climate change agenda can tend to overshadow other benefits of a move to renewable energy - benefits the marine renewables have in spades - such as its contribution to energy security, the unique level of predictability and the massive range of scale in potential applications, spanning kWs to Gigawatts.
This conference will be the first WATTs to debate properly tidal barrages and lagoons. Some see this technology as threatening to other marine renewables - but is this the case? Does the level of concern over the environment justify a repositioning of environmental priorities, of global climate change and conservation?
As well as these high level debates, there will be sessions on deployment, operation and maintenance and case studies describing experiences with operational marine energy devices.
For further information contact REA on Tel: 020 7747 1830 or email info@r-e-a.net
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