The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, as part of its Early Career Researcher (ECR) Fund, has awarded £16,000 to 4 projects at UK institutions.
Funded research activities are aligned with the objectives of the Supergen ORE Hub and are directed at offshore wind, wave, or tidal energy research. Including the projects from this fifth funding round, 37 projects have been funded in total, representing £150,000 of investment into ECR development.
The awards made through this call include :
- Optimisation and hydrodynamic analysis of a top-hinged wave energy converter
Dr Emma Edwards and Dr Scott Brown – University of Plymouth
Find out about the project - Industry internship at Eleven-I: combining smart-sensors and machine learning for offshore wind turbine conditional monitoring
Dr Robert Houseago – University of Hull
Find out about the project - Assessment of Wide-Bandgap Power Electronics for LFAC Offshore Wind Transmission
Dr Andrew Hopkins – University of Bristol
Find out about the project - Synthetically Generated Database for Supporting Condition Monitoring of Offshore Wind Turbine Converters
Dr Borong Hu – University of Cambridge
Find out about the project
Further information about the successful projects from this and previous ECR Research Funding rounds can be found on the Supergen ORE Hub impact pages.
More information about joining the Early Career Researcher network can be found on the ECR community webpages.
