Uncharted waters: leading the world in marine renewable energy

Key staff

Professor George Smith, Dr Lars Johanning, Dr Brendan Godley, Professor Michael Belmont, Dr Matt Witt.

Southwest England is earning a reputation as a world leader in marine renewable energy thanks to research spanning the University’s College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences and College of Life and Environmental Sciences.

Through contributions to the development of Wave Hub, an offshore test facility for wave devices, and, in partnership with Cornwall Council, supporting development for peripheral regions of Europe, academics are dismantling the technical barriers to commercial success.

Their expertise has created a unique commissioning site in Falmouth already attracting world-wide interest, bolstering the global competitiveness of SW-based companies, and potentially accelerating the route to market for the technologies.