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Wave and Tidal Power Generation
Free event
Lecture
Paul Smith of Aquamarine Power talks about power from wave and tidal sources.
Speaker(s)
Paul Smith
Date & Time
- 17 August 2010
Come along at 6pm for a chat over food and drinks before a 6:30 start.
We aim to finish 7:30 - 8:00 pm with time for questions and discussion.
Location
The talk took place in Edinburgh University, Patersons Land building, lecture room LG34.
Address: Old Moray House, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AQ.
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About this event
We are pleased to announce that Paul Smith, Lead Electrical Engineer at Aquamarine Power will be visiting to talk about power generation from wave and tidal sources.
Paul has a wealth of experience in electrical engineering on both wave and tidal power generation and a background in design and commissioning of transmission, distribution and generating plant.
Aquamarine Power is an Edinburgh based developer at the forefront of wave energy technology. They have a wave power device in the water in Orkney and are partnered with SSE Renewables to deliver future wave energy projects.
The announcement of site development leases in the Pentland Firth this year makes it an exciting time for wave and tidal power, all are welcome to what promises to be an interesting talk from an Engineer working in a company at the forefront of this emerging industry.
****UPDATE****
Many thanks to Paul Smith for a very interesting talk, the slides from his talk can be downloaded below:
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