MAREN research project

 

The MAREN Project is a collaborative-stakeholder linked- international research programme co-financed with the support of the EU ERDF Atlantic Area Programme.  The research partners are; Cardiff University’s Hydro-environmental Research Centre,  National University of Ireland, Galway; University of Cantabria, Spain, Centec, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal, and  Iferner, France; bringing a wide range of technological expertise to the modelling work.
 
MAREN investigates the marine renewable energy forms of; offshore wind, tidal current, tidal barrage and lagoons, and wave, in the Atlantic Area to produce the following main outputs:
•          Country Modelling Case Studies
•          High resolution modelling and mapping of the resource potential
•          Assessment of marine renewable energy device performance
•          Assessment of the Environmental Impact
•          Future climate change scenarios – for resource, impacts and design requirements
•          Carbon emission life-cycle analysis
•          Comparative analysis of EIA and SEA protocol across the Atlantic corridor
 
In the UK, MAREN proposes to work on the following case study sites:

Tidal barrage and tidal stream – Severn estuary & Llanelli – Loughor barrage

Tidal impoundments - Rhyl, Bridgewater bay & potentially Swansea bay

Wave - SW Cornwall, Pembrokeshire, the Severn estuary

Offshore wind – around the whole Welsh coastline and Severn estuary.
 
If you are interested in these case studies or would like to be part of the stakeholder group then please email Bettina Bockelmann-Evans on bockelmann-evans@cardiff.ac.uk To visit the MAREN website click here.

Download the MAREN presentation on research given at MEP working group meeting here.

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