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The University of Edinburgh, Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, The
European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney and the New and Renewable Energy
Centre in Northumberland have formed the UK Centre for Marine Renewable
Energy (NAREC) in response to the £50
Marine Development Fund set up by the UK Government.
The connection to the UK research base is via the EPSRC-funded SuperGen Marine
Energy Consortium at the University of Edinburgh. Five universities in the consortium
are working to reduce the risks, advance the technology, and accelerate the generation
of power from the sea.
The New and Renewable Energy Centre at Blyth in Northumberland is a dedicated
facility in which large scale models of various devices can be fully tested before
full-scale systems are installed in the open sea. NaREC is also involved in developments
of other renewable energy technologies including those designed for domestic
application.
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