The worlds biggest and deepest pool for testing the latest underwater technology, helping advance subsea robotics and even training astronauts is being planned in Cornwall. Blue Abyss, a £150 million facility which has the support of British astronaut Major Tim Peake, will be the worlds leading extreme environment research, test and training centre serving the […]
The Connected Places Catapult works with public bodies, businesses, and infrastructure providers to catalyse step-change improvements in the way people live, work and travel. We connect businesses and public sector leaders to cutting-edge research to spark innovation and grow new markets. We run technology demonstrators and SME accelerators to scale new solutions that drive growth, […]
Opened by Robert Courts MP, the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, the Clean Maritime Summit 2021 highlighted existing innovations and initiatives that are already enabling the shift to cleaner ports, harbours and vessels. It also identified the present and potential future challenges and opportunities facing the sector, and identified how these might be addressed to […]
The city of Plymouth has seen its position as an international centre of excellence for marine research further enhanced after its three leading science organisations joined forces to launch Marine Research Plymouth. The University of Plymouth, the Marine Biological Association and Plymouth Marine Laboratory already have world-leading reputations individually across a range of marine disciplines […]
Yesterday OWGP launched a £4.2M support package which consists of a £3.5M Development Grant Funding Competition and a £700,000 Wind Expert Support Toolkit (WEST) Programme for offshore wind supply chain companies. Development Grants of £100k to £1M are available for transformative supply chain projects that will deliver a step-change in company growth WEST is […]
Hexicon to acquire Wave Hub Ltd for offshore floating wind technology demonstrator Swedish floating windfarm developer and technology provider Hexicon is to acquire the Wave Hub offshore renewable energy test site in Cornwall, South West England. The deal, which is expected to complete at the end of May, will see Hexicon through its […]
The University of Plymouth will be hosting this event during their Research Festival 2021. Fishing nets and other gear account for a significant proportion of plastic pollution in the marine environment, causing harm to habitats and organisms and breaking down into smaller particles until becoming microplastics. Fishing is heavily relied upon for global food production, so how […]
The aim of this competition is to address key research and development opportunities in the UK power electronics, machines, and drives (PEMD) supply chain to support the UKs drive towards net zero. This is to facilitate UK niche and volume supply chain and manufacturing capability growth in PEMD. By niche supply chain we mean low […]
Maritime UK SW Sponsor, Applied Genomics, based at Brixham Environmental Lab, have developed a sensitive environmental DNA Sampling tool which acts as an early warning system helping maritime ports to detect, monitor and manage invasive non-native marine organisms which potentially threaten the marine environment in ports and their surrounding coastal waters. Invasive non-native species are […]
The Floating Offshore Wind Demonstration Programme is a new funding call which has been announced by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS). It reflects the UK Governments target for floating offshore wind to deliver 1GW of energy by 2030. Floating offshore wind (FLOW) is a fast growing industry worldwide. It enables wind […]
