LECTURE
RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
“Marine Renewable Energy Research”
by Prof Ian Bryden,
Institute for Energy Systems
University of Edinburgh
A lecture on the Current and Future Trends in Marine Renewable Energy Research will be given on Wednesday 27 August 2008 at 11h00 in Room M203 of the Mechanical Engineering Building of Stellenbosch University on the corner of Joubert &
Banghoek Street. Prof Bryden is a Professor at the University of Edinburgh interested in the artificial extraction of energy from the sea, and in particular tidal current power. He is leading one of the large SuperGen research projects in the UK where a number of
institutions are collaborating in the area of marine energy. He is a non-executive director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and a member of the Scottish
Government Forum for Renewable Energy Development in Scotland (FREDS).
All academic staff and students, representatives from the public and private sectors as well as the general public are welcome to attend.