Thursday 26th of November 2020
Online Workshop and Roundtable on
The Future of Renewable Energy in Scotland and Spain
Current Developments, Challenges and Opportunities for Collaboration

- A collaboration between the Consultate General of Spain and the University of Edinburgh -

Spain and the United Kingdom and, within the UK, Scotland in particular are at Europe’s forefront in terms of their effort of decarbonising the energy sector. In Scotland and Spain there is a long and successful track record in the area of offshore renewables, including wind, wave and tidal energy, and over the past two decades have developed strong links in fundamental research and knowledge exchange.
 
To further develop and exploit these links, the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with the Consulate General of Spain in Edinburgh organised a workshop on the Future of Renewable Energy in Scotland and Spain. The workshop covered research and industrial developments, as well as market and regulatory best practices, particularly focusing on wind, marine and solar energy technologies.

Our objective is to strengthen existing and enable new collaborations between the two countries in the area of renewable energy, in terms of research, development and education.

Presentations and Videos

The full workshop recordings can be found on YouTube.

1. R&D for cost-effective offshore renewable technologies.
   Jose Luiz Villate, Director of the Offshore Renewable Department Tecnalia Research and Innovation
2. Economic benefits of Ocean Energy deployment in Europe.
   Henry Jeffrey, Senior Lecturer Policy and Innovation and Group Leader University of Edinburgh
3. IREC’s roadmap on future renewable energy-based energy system.
   José Luis Domínguez-García, Head of Power systems Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC)
4. Techno-economic modelling of renewable energy integration.
   Harry Van Der Weijde, Lecturer & Tutoring Fellow University of Edinburgh
5. Optimal Network Planning: From Transmission Expansion to Offshore Grid Design.
   Sara Lumbreras, Associate Professor Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica (IIT)
6. Operational Performance and Network Integration of Wind Farms.
   Sasa Djokic, Reader in Power Systems University of Edinburgh
7. Grid Integration Department in CENER: Main research activities.
   Monica Aguardo Alonso, Director of Grid Integration Department CENER
8. Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells: Opportunities and Recent Results.
   Neil Robertson, Chair of Molecular Materials, School of Chemistry University of Edinburgh
9. Molecular solar cells: from polymers to molecules and hybrid materials.
   Emilio Palomares, Institut Català d'Investigació Química

1. Esteyco concrete technologies for onshore and offshore wind.
   Lara Cerdan, Head of R&D department ESTEYCO
2. FASTBLADE. The world's first regenerative fatigue test facility for tidal blades.
   Jeff Steynor, Project Manager, Structural Composites Research Facility University of Edinburgh
3. Electrical Generators for Renewable Energy Converters.
   Markus Mueller, Director, Energy @ Edinburgh University of Edinburgh
4. Spain’s bittersweet transition to renewables.
   Antonio Gómez Exposito, Research Director, Dept. of Electrical Engineering University of Seville
5. Wide Bandgap and Modular Power Electronics for Renewable Energy.
   Michael Merlin, Lecturer in Integrated Power Systems University of Edinburgh
6. Modern power electronics dominated systems - UPC ongoing research.
   Eduardo Prieto Araujo, Lecturer Polytechnic University of Catalonia
7. W2Power makes floating wind a cost-efficient reality now.
   Pedro Mayorga, President & CTO EnerOcean
8. PivotBuoy - Demonstration of disruptive technology to reduce costs of floating wind.
   Alex Raventos, CEO and Founder X1 Wind
9. Model testing in the FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility.
   David Ingram, Chair of Computational Fluid Dynamics University of Edinburgh