RenewableUK's Wave and Tidal 2012 exhibition is a must for anyone interested in the development of the marine energy sector's huge potential, not just in the UK but worldwide. With conference sessions and over 450 government and industry professionals expected, it presents a golden opportunity to update yourself on all fronts.

50 companies active in the UK wave and tidal sector will be on display at the accompanying exhibition. For more details please click the following link to the RenewableUK website:

www.renewable-uk.com/events/wave-tidal-conference/

We would like to take the opportunity of welcoming you to the new website for the UK Centre for Marine Energy Research (UKCMER). As you know, the SuperGen Marine Energy '11 Annual Assembly was held in Edinburgh on 7th October. We are pleased to now circulate copies of presentations and posters from the day.

• Please click here for the day's programme with links to download the presentations.
• Please click here for links to download the student posters.

During the Assembly, several initiatives were launched including the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) Marine Energy Joint Programme (see www.eera-set.eu). New key documents for the sector are available to download from our Reports page. They are:

• The IEA Vision Brochure;
• The ORECCA European Energy Roadmap;
• The SuperGen Marine Phase Two Monograph.

SUPERGEN MARINE ENERGY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 2011 and launch of the UK CENTRE FOR MARINE ENERGY RESEARCH

The SuperGen Marine Energy Research Consortium is nearing the end of its second phase.  You are invited to participate in the fourth Annual Assembly in Edinburgh on the above date, which will showcase research highlights from the second phase as well as launching the third phase of SuperGen Marine as the UK CENTRE FOR MARINE ENERGY RESEARCH.  It will also include poster presentations, networking breaks, summaries of the new NERC marine energy programme, briefings on the upcoming Industrial Doctoral Training Centre for Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE) and the recently launched European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) Marine Programme.

EquiMar or `Equitable Testing and Evaluation of Marine Energy Extraction Devices in terms of Performance, Cost and Environmental Impact' was a three year EU Seventh Framework Programme project that set out to produce a suite of protocols covering all aspects of marine renewable energy extraction.

These protocols provide a rich resource of information and guidelines for a broad range of topics related to marine renewables including numerical modelling, wave and tidal resource estimation, device design and testing, ecological impact, economic benefit and many more. The project has now been completed and a single volume containing all the protocols is available either as a pdf or in hard copy and can be retrieved or ordered through the EquiMar wiki.

SuperGen Marine has been very happy to support the EquiMar project in providing some of the background research that has led to the formation of the protocols.