EVOLVE Project uncovers 70GW of viable ocean energy in GB, Ireland and Portugal, to unlock future net-zero energy systems
Official results from the pan-European EVOLVE project involving world-leading academics, research institutions and technology developers have been released today, providing a firm evidence base supporting the acceleration of ocean energy in Europe’s future energy system. The spatial modelling study focused on three specific territories – Great Britain, Ireland and Portugal, identifying close to 60GW of […]
EVOLVE project presented at the International Conference on Ocean Energy
On Wednesday 19th October, Dr Shona Pennock from the University of Edinburgh’s Policy and Innovation Group presented the EVOLVE project research on the System Benefits of Ocean Energy at the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE). The three day conference, held in Donostia / San Sebastián, is a global ocean energy event focused on the […]
EVOLVE Project reveals positive role for wave energy in Europe’s future low carbon energy system
In a recent CorPower Ocean news post on the EVOLVE project, the technology developer (and EVOLVE partner) discuss with EVOLVE Technical Manager Dr Shona Pennock to how initial project findings indicate wave energy will positively impact Europe’s future low carbon energy system. As Dr Pennock explains, “In recent years there’s been lots of talk about the potential benefits […]
OCEANERA-NET COFUND final conference at Seanergy 2022
It was a pleasure to present the EVOLVE project during the OCEANERA-NET COFUND final conference that took place in Le Havre, Normandy, France during the Seanergy 2022 conference. We had the opportunity to present EVOLVE to an European audience, composed of companies, institutions and support organisations during the plenary session, and also to take part in […]
EVOLVE at All Energy 2022
The EVOLVE team enjoyed making new connections and discussing the project’s outcomes at the 2022 All Energy conference in Glasgow, Scotland. The event, which took place on the 11th and 12th of May, 2022, was the first time the conference occurred in-person since 2019, and Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, provided a keynote address on […]
Wave Energy Scotland Annual Conference 2022
The EVOLVE project was delighted to share our latest research on the system benefits of ocean energy was presented at the Wave Energy Scotland Annual Conference 2022 on Tuesday 3rd May. Dr Shona Pennock from the University of Edinburgh presented her research that aims to quantify the benefits of including wave and tidal deployments within […]
Stakeholder workshops
Last week, on the 15th and 16th March, the EVOLVE consortium conducted three regional workshops to present the EVOLVE project and initial country-scale power systems modelling methods and results. We engaged with 45 stakeholders over 21 organisations, receiving useful feedback and data to refine our systems value studies. The EVOLVE project aims to study the […]
EVOLVE attends Seanergy 2021
The EVOLVE project has been featured at the Seanergy conference in Nantes, France, from the 21st to the 24th of September, 2021. We enjoyed reconnecting in-person with our French networks and finding out about the latest research, technologies, and innovation in the sector. Aquatera’s Alice Belieres presented a poster entitled “Evolve: Economic Value of Ocean […]
EVOLVE Project launches new website
Leaders of the EVOLVE Project have launched a new official website to communicate key achievements and landmarks throughout the 3-year initiative. The €1 million Economic Value of Ocean Energy (EVOLVE) project aims to produce quantifiable outputs to illustrate the benefits associated with integrating ocean energy in low carbon energy systems across the regions of north west […]
EVOLVE features in Offshore Energy
The launch of the EVOLVE Project – designed to showcase the economic value of ocean energy in Europe – has been featured on global trade media platform Offshore Energy. The project aims to produce quantifiable outputs to illustrate the benefits associated with integrating ocean energy in low carbon energy systems across the regions of north […]