The Bryden Centre for Advanced Marine and Bio-Energy Research (Q4300753)
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Project Q4300753 in Ireland, United Kingdom
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | The Bryden Centre for Advanced Marine and Bio-Energy Research |
Project Q4300753 in Ireland, United Kingdom |
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8,289,777.8 Euro
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9,752,679.76 Euro
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85.0 percent
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1 June 2017
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31 December 2021
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The Queen’s University of Belfast
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54°57'39.60"N, 7°42'43.42"W
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57°28'11.14"N, 4°13'47.21"W
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54°54'11.74"N, 5°1'46.70"W
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54°40'45.26"N, 5°57'32.80"W
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54°35'2.83"N, 5°56'11.65"W
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54°33'33.98"N, 5°56'46.28"W
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54°57'4.14"N, 7°43'20.21"W
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The Bryden Centre will create a ‘virtual centre of competence’ that will support industry-led applied/pre-commercial collaborative research on a cross-border, interregional basis that is focused on two specific forms of renewable energy, which are considered to have the greatest sustainable potential and widest applicability in the region: Marine renewable energy; and Bio-energy. The research undertaken will represent a considerable increase in scale and scope of activity over and above any existing research being undertaken, and is anticipated to generate impact and added value on a comparable basis. The eligible region has many geographic, economic and demographic characteristics that combined represent a unique opportunity for the development of renewable technologies and should provide a distinctive competitive advantage in a global marketplace. These include the tidal power sites at Strangford and the North Antrim Coast, the offshore wind activity in Western Scotland, the potential for wave power generation in Donegal, and the nascent anaerobic digestion industry driven by the regional agri-food industry and need for distributed energy. The combined region also has truly world leading research taking place within its research institutions. However, a number of challenges have prevented regional industry from fully capitalising on this opportunity. Foremost among these is the profile of the regional industry, with companies typically being small- or micro-sized enterprises. As is true for all industries, small enterprises in the renewables sector struggle to dedicate the resource needed to innovate. This is exacerbated by a lack of funding for research and innovation that would allow industry and research partners from across the region to collaborate on early-stage innovative concepts. In addition, there is a recognised gap between outcomes from existing research projects and commercialisation, ‘the valley of death’, that is indicative of industry and University partnerships not maximising the outputs of early stage collaborations. The final aspect of this is a lack of critical mass of highly-qualified scientists and engineers capable of translating research into commercial success within these companies. CAMBER aims to address these challenges. Using a Doctoral Training Centre model, the Bryden Centre project will recruit 34 PhD students and 6 PDRAs; each of whom will work with industry to produce industrially relevant research with the potential for commercial exploitation and resulting economic growth within the region. (English)
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