Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy
The Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE) is a centre of excellence delivering world-class research and technology transfer in marine energy.
PRIMaRE aims to accelerate growth in the Marine Renewable Energy industry, helping the South West UK to become a region of international significance by offering renewables testing, wave energy device arrays, marine renewable energy components and much more.
The Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy is a response from the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth to the challenges facing businesses involved in marine renewable energy and in support of Wave Hub, the South West of England's £42 million development centre for testing of wave energy device arrays. PRIMaRE has brought together a team of international researchers and world class facilities to accelerate the development of technology and address the most critical challenges facing the marine renewable energy industry.
PRIMaRE collaborates with industry to support research and development activity across a number of areas, for example, design, engineering, environmental impact and grid connection, and conducts research in six priority areas:
- Resource Characterisation
- Marine Renewable Energy Systems
- Environmental and Biodiversity Impacts
- Safe Operations and Navigational Risk
- Underwater and Surface Electrical Systems
- Socio-Economic Factors