WIND, WAVE AND TIDAL POWER GENERATION. RELIABILITY AND COST OF ENERGY

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• Professor Peter Tavner, Durham University.
• Thursday 21 April 2016, 18:30-20:00
• Lecture Theatre 0, University of Cambridge Engineering Department, Trumpington Street, Cambridge.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Tim Wilkinson.

Tea is served from 6pm

Wind energy is a significant UK electricity supply contributor, with offshore wind making a strong contribution over the next 20 years. How are other marine renewables, wave and tidal growing?

Peter Tavner is an Emeritus Professor of the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences at Durham University. He received an MA in Mechanical Sciences (1969) from Cambridge University, a PhD (1978) from Southampton University, studying electromagnetism under Professor Percy Hammond, and a DSc from Durham University (2012). He had served as a Weapons Electrical Officer in the Royal Navy on the Guided Missile Destroyers, BRISTOL & LONDON and subsequently taught at the University of Benin, Nigeria. Following his PhD he worked for the UK Electricity Supply Industry. He then held senior research, development and technical positions in manufacturing industry, most recently as Group Technical Director of FKI Energy Technology, an international business manufacturing electrical machines, drives and wind turbines in the UK, Holland, Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic.

This talk is part of the IET Cambridge Network - Lectures series.

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