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ICE Plans Marine Renewables Conference for September
01 Jul 2006
Announcing the event, David Kerr, chairman of the ICE's Energy Board said, 'The UK has the best wave and tidal resource in Europe, an asset which could potentially provide up to 20% of the UK's electrical power. There is now a renewed drive to realise this potential and this conference comes at a time when significant progress is beginning to be made.'
Topics to be discussed at the Conference include UK marine energy strategy, environmental and financial aspects of marine energy, developments and projects in both tidal and wave power.
Confirmed speakers include Gary Shanahan, Assistant Director for Bioenergy and Marine Renewables at the Department of Trade and Industry; Neil Kermode, managing director of the European Marine Energy Centre;
Roger Abraham, executive director of Halcrow Water; and Dr Richard Yemm, managing director of Ocean Power Delivery. There will also be a timely presentation by Professor Peter Fraenkel, technical director of Marine Current Turbines, whose company is scheduled to install the first commercial prototype of its SeaGen tidal energy device in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough in September, supplying electricity to some 800 homes.
For further information phone +44 (0)20 7665 2318 or visit www. iceconferences. com
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