Offshore Renewable Energy

The challenge of climate change and its relationship to the burning of fossil fuels has brought the requirement for the generation and energy from renewable sources to the forefront of scientific and governmental interest. The wave, wind and tidal energy are among the most important renewable energy sources which can cover worldwide energy demands and they are the essential and powerful energy sources for the socio-economic development and economic growth. Wave energy is abundant and has the potential to make a significant contribution to the world’s energy requirements. However, wave energy is a relatively under-developed source of renewable energy where further technological development is required to make the technology viable. Successful management of this development requires a comprehensive understanding of the wave energy resource, the underlying hydrodynamic principles, the technological challenges and the economic environment within which this development needs to take place. Over the past few years, a substantial number of wave energy devices, offshore wind farms and tidal energy devices have been put into operation in various countries. The present course on “Offshore Renewable Energy” is designed to provide an understanding of the physical, technological, economic and environmental aspects of wave, wind and tidal energy sources, and their present and potential future roles in energy supply systems.

The course will promote an understanding of the fundamental concepts, design principles and novel design benefits to the offshore renewable sector. The course will provide a comprehensive wave, wind and tidal energy conversion techniques and modelling that will provide an up-to-date understanding of the wave, wind and tidal energy industry and enable a critical assessment of future potential. Moreover, it will help to develop a holistic perspective this is an essential requirement prior to more detailed and advanced studies into specific aspects of wave energy. To achieve this the fundamental characteristics of waves, wave energy converter and offshore wind turbine technologies are presented and then related to specific technological challenges and solutions. In addition, a range of tools used for the development of wave, wind and tidal energy, including techno-economic tools, are presented together with their strengths and limitations. The participants will gain the skills and knowledge to assess different wave energy conversion techniques, the challenges of maintenance and safety implications of each design. Further, the participants will be able to identify and quantify appropriate sites, assess the available resource and select the correct technology for the location. The course will promote an understanding of the principles, fundamental concepts, design principles and the novel design benefits to the wave, wind and tidal energy conversion techniques and modelling.

COST

The registration fee of the workshop will be £695 Plus VAT (VAT UK only) which includes course notes.

PAYMENT

We will send you an invoice for the course fee after you have registered on the course. The payment can be made via bank transfer or online credit/debit card payment. If you need any further information, please contact us by email: info@mam.engineer 

PROGRAMME (All times listed refer to local London time)

LECTURER BIO

Dr Debabrata Karmakar obtained his PhD degree from Department of ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India in 2009. He worked as post-doctoral researcher at Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC), IST Lisbon, Portugal form 2010 - 2015 on the problems related to (a) dynamic analysis of offshore floating wind turbines, (b) wind turbine extreme loads using inverse reliability methods and (c) hydrodynamic analysis of surging plate wave energy converters. Dr Karmakar is presently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Water Resources and Ocean Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India.

In NITK Surathkal, he has undertaken research studies on “Offshore Renewable Energy and Simulation”. In addition, he has established foreign collaborations with CENTEC, IST Lisbon, Portugal, University of Michigan, USA, Nihon University, Japan and Yokohama University, Japan, in the area of Offshore Renewable Energy. Further, he has undertaken research projects on “Dynamic analysis of offshore floating wind turbine” sponsored by SERB, DST “Performance of multi-purpose offshore energy platform” sponsored by DST under India-Portugal Bilateral Technological Cooperation, “Design, analysis and development of combined wave and wind energy multi-use platform” sponsored by SERB, DST, “Desalination of sea-water using wave and wind power” sponsored by VGST, Government of Karnataka, “Design, analysis of the development of hybrid offshore floating breakwater” sponsored by Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, New Delhi. Along with the research studies, collaboration with various industries and academic institutions is also being carried out. The research group in “Offshore Renewable Energy and Simulation” in the Department of Water Resources and Ocean Engineering (Formerly, Applied Mechanics and Hydraulics), NITK Surathkal, has performed successful validation of offshore floating platform concepts such as WindFloat and TLP-type offshore wind turbine support structures. The research group has submitted patents on the “combined wave and wind energy device” and “wave energy converter integrated with breakwater”. In addition, to the research activities, he is also working as a technical committee member in International Ship and Offshore Structure Congress (ISSC) for the committee “V4. Offshore Renewable Energy” and “V6. Ocean Space Utilization” during 2012-2015, 2015-2018 and 2018-2022 and 2022-2025.