Lews Castle College
Lews Castle College in Stornoway provides a key educational
resource for the whole of the Outer Hebrides. The college is
developing as a principal research cluster within the University of
the Highlands and Islands, focusing on renewable energy and low
carbon research and development.
We are working closely with Lews Castle College on a programme
of industry-academic knowledge exchange activities that will build
a significant skills base in the locality for the emerging marine
energy industry. This knowledge base extends from the first initial
resource assessment right through to grid integration studies
required for marine renewables.
Our commitment to both the college and area has seen us provide
the industry lead, in partnership with Lews Castle College, in the
development of the Hebridean Marine Energy Futures programme, with
the aim of assisting the Scottish marine energy industry move to
commercial scale in the Hebrides, and from there to global
markets.
Lews Castle College has developed extensive capabilities in low
carbon and renewable energy applied research, through recruitment
of multi-disciplinary research-active staff and investment in
state-of-the-art computational and experimental facilities.
Researchers in the group come from computer science, engineering,
physics, mathematics, meteorology, biology, design, economics and
policy backgrounds. Current research strengths are in energy
engineering, informatics, computational fluid dynamics and
sustainable development.
We are delighted that Aquamarine Power is providing the industry lead in the development of the Hebridean Marine Energy Futures Programme. It is pleasing to see their commitment to the sustainable development of the marine energy industry here in the Hebrides.
Dr Neil Finlayson, Senior Researcher
Lews Castle College, University of Highlands and Islands