Supergen ORE Impact Hub 2023

Started

Renewable Energy Sources(Ocean Energy)
Renewable Energy Sources(Wind Energy)

Basic and strategic applied research

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Applied Mathematics)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Computer Science and Informatics)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting
Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Energy modelling)
Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Other Systems Analysis)
Other (Energy technology information dissemination)

Prof D Greaves
School of Marine Science and Engineering
University of Plymouth

Standard

EPSRC

01 July 2023

30 June 2027

48 months

£8,315,317

Energy

South West

Energy and Decarbonisation

Prof D Greaves, School of Marine Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth

Professor FP Brennan, School of Engineering, Cranfield University
Dr BW Byrne, Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Professor J Gilbert, Engineering, University of Hull
Mr H Jeffrey, Sch of Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh
Dr BE Scott, Inst of Biological and Environmental Sci, University of Aberdeen
Dr TJ Stallard, Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester
Dr PR Thies, Engineering Computer Science and Maths, University of Exeter
Professor DJ White, Sch of Engineering, University of Southampton
Dr RHJ Willden, Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Dr X Zhao, School of Engineering, University of Warwick

Project Contact, Ocean University of China
Project Contact, Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS)
Project Contact, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Project Contact, Aviva Plc
Project Contact, Wave Energy Scotland
Project Contact, Ørsted
Project Contact, PA Consulting Group
Project Contact, Marine Management Organisation
Project Contact, Marine Power Systems Ltd
Project Contact, Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Project Contact, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd
Project Contact, The Carbon Trust
Project Contact, The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS)
Project Contact, Marine Scotland Science
Project Contact, University of Western Australia
Project Contact, National Composites Centre
Project Contact, University College Cork, Ireland
Project Contact, Offshore Wind Consultants Limited (UK)
Project Contact, Det Norske Veritas DNV GL UK Limited
Project Contact, UK Marine Energy Council
Project Contact, ThakeConsult
Project Contact, RenewableUK
Project Contact, Catapult Offshore Renewable Energy
Project Contact, Celtic Sea Power
Project Contact, Eleven Integration
Project Contact, France Energies Marine
Project Contact, Fred. Olsen Seawind Ltd.
Project Contact, GE Grid Solutions (UK) Ltd
Project Contact, Gazelle Wind Power
Project Contact, Marine Energy Wales
Project Contact, Ocean Winds UK Ltd
Project Contact, Pacific Marine Energy Centre
Project Contact, Pacific Ocean Energy Trust
Project Contact, Renewables Consulting Group
Project Contact, University of Maine
Project Contact, Energy Systems Catapult
Project Contact, BP PLC
Project Contact, The Crown Estate
Project Contact, EDF Energy
Project Contact, Siemens Gamesa
Project Contact, European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Project Contact, Aura Innovation
Project Contact, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Project Contact, Sandwell College
Project Contact, Vercity
Project Contact, University of Bristol

The UK is leading the development and installation of offshore renewable energy technologies. With over 13GW of installed offshore wind capacity and another 3GW under construction, two operational and one awarded floating offshore demonstration projects as well as Contracts for Difference awards for four tidal energy projects, offshore renewable energy will provide the backbone of the Net Zero energy system, giving energy security, green growth and jobs in the UK.The revised UK targets that underpin the Energy Security Strategy seek to grow offshore wind capacity to 50 GW, with up to 5 GW floating offshore wind by 2030. Further acceleration is envisaged beyond 2030 with targets of around 150 GW anticipated for 2050. To achieve these levels of deployment, ORE developments need to move beyond current sites to more challenging locations in deeper water, further from shore, while the increasing pace of deployment introduces major challenges in consenting, manufacture and installation. These are ambitious targets that will require strategic innovation and research to achieve the necessary technology acceleration while ensuring environmental sustainability and societal acceptance.The role of the Supergen ORE Hub 2023 builds on the academic and scientific networks, traction with industry and policymakers and the reputation for research leadership established in the Supergen ORE Hub 2018. The new hub will utilise existing and planned research outcomes to accelerate the technology development, collaboration and industry uptake for commercial ORE developments.The Supergen ORE Hub strategy will focus on delivering impact and knowledge transfer, underpinned by excellent research, for the benefit of the wider sector, providing research and development for the economic and social benefit of the UK. Four mechanisms for leverage are envisaged to accelerate the ORE expansion: Streamlining ORE projects, by accelerating planning, consenting and build out timescales; upscaling the ORE workforce, increasing the scale and efficiency of ORE devices and system; enhanced competitiveness, maximising ORE local content and ORE economic viability in the energy portfolio; whilst ensuring sustainability, yielding positive environmental and social benefits from ORE.The research programme is built around five strategic workstreams, i) ORE expansion - policy and scenarios , ii) Data for ORE design and decision-making, iii) ORE modelling, iv) ORE design methods and v) Future ORE systems and concepts, which will be delivered through a combination of core research to tackle sector wide challenges in a holistic and synergistic manner, strategic projects to address emerging sector challenges and flexible funding to deliver targeted projects addressing focussed opportunities. Supergen Representative Systems will be established as a vehicle for academic and industry community engagement to provide comparative reference cases for assessing applicability of modelling tools and approaches, emerging technology and data processing techniques.The Supergen ORE Hub outputs, research findings and sector progress will be communicated through directed networking, engagement and dissemination activities for the range of academic, industry and policy and governmental stakeholders, as well as the wider public.Industry leverage will be achieved through new co-funding mechanisms, including industry-funded flexible funding calls, direct investment into research activities and the industry-funded secondment of researchers, with >53% industry plus >23% HEI leverage on the EPSRC investment at proposal stage. The Hub will continue and expand its role in developing and sustaining the pipeline of talent flowing into research and industry by integrating its ECR programme with Early Career Industrialists and by enhancing its programme of EDI activities to help deliver greater diversity within the sector and to promote ORE as a rewarding and accessible career for all

05/07/23