The Technology Strategy Board has signed an agreement with the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, confirming its intent to run a jointly funded competition on sensors and monitoring technology for marine energy.
The UK and Nova Scotia already both have excellent test facilities for marine energy technologies and have similar R&D objectives.
David Hÿtch, lead technologist for offshore renewables, Technology Strategy Board commented:
“ There are clear advantages in working together on research into tidal energy technologies, which have a significant role to play in the transition to low-carbon energy."
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) recognises that collaboration could avoid duplication of effort while presenting the opportunity to share knowledge and open up markets on both sides of the Atlantic.
The MOU is with the Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia (OERA) and the Nova Scotia Department of Energy. It was signed at an event in early March which explored the potential of ocean technologies - ‘Marine energy and the low-carbon transition' - organised by the Science and Innovation Office of the British High Commission in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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